Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for January 14, 2025

From the beginning this time ‘round, that’s not Duke.

Of course, he didn’t tell him it was to take out Saddam.

Someone’s about to lose his internship!

I bet when he was a law student, JFK Jr. didn’t have to wash his superiors’ cars!

I love the 1st and last panel, he is ordering “take out”

Funny the way “take out” refers to dating, food, and killing.

This story arc is riffing on the Dick Cheney method of starting a war:

1. The VP’s office leaks false information about Iraq to Judith Miller of the New York Times

2. The New York Times publishes Miller’s story about that false information

3. White House officials go on the Sunday talks shows and hold up Miller’s article saying “The New York Times is reporting he is building weapons of mass destruction.”

Jamie Lee Curtis has pledged one million dollars for Los Angeles fire relief.

So far, Michael Meyers has pledged nothing

The CIA apparently does not have a dress code

They won’t find him, he’s hiding in a foxhole. Oh, wait…

There are known knowns, unknown knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns. Ya know?

C’mon, Rick, that’s probably the best gift he’s ever gotten you. And he even thought of it by himself. You can’t go to jail to for receiving classified information, can you? Or can you?

Oh boy, back to this one huh! Oh well, here we go again ! ;-)

Best system is to leak fake plans. Also pretend to let slip the existence of a source in the innermost circle. It also works to imply you let some escape so they can continue to leak information. Tyrants would eliminate their most loyal and effective underlings.

Jeff, hearings are being held in D.C. for Defense Secretary! What are you doing in Afghanistan?