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In the aftermath of the Jan 6 Trumpist putsch at the Capitol, the world reeled - not just at the spectacle of the Capitol building overrun by deranged armed insurrectionists, but also at the manifest incompetence of the Capitol Police.

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Earlier this month, I hosted two extraordinary book-launch events: one for the paperback edition of @GreatDismal's novel AGENCY, the other for the young readers' edition of Ed @Snowden's memoir, PERMANENT RECORD.

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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

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