Silver Lining Department

Deadline Poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the December 23, 2002 edition of The Nation.

December 5, 2002

"Mr. Kissinger said today that he was not aware that any of his clients might pose conflicts of interest with his mission as chairman of the commission, which is to investigate why the United States failed to prevent the attacks [of September 11]." --New York Times

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There are no conflicts to prevent
This mystery from being solved.
From that we can at least conclude
That Pinochet was not involved.

About Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation's "deadline poet." He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1963 and has written the syndicated weekly column "Uncivil Liberties" since 1986. He has authored many, many books, including Tepper's Not Going Out and Deadline Poet: My Life as a Doggerelist. more...
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