I shouldn't have put him on the spot like this - right in the middle of a fund-raiser; I just couldn't maintain the expected level of repression. I saw him and I had to rush up and tell the world about "us". He was pissed off at my incompetent bungling, but he backed off when I brought up Iraq, Alberto G., illegal surveillance, and all stuff like that.

'nuff said

Desert grit is not too compatible with expensive electronics.