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In This Issue     Feature: Getting Past 9.11   I: SNS Members and Terrorism: A Personal View II: 9.11 and Airplanes III: Killing Osama bin Laden IV: A Few Little Problems with the Attack V: Problems with U.S. Response VI: Obama's Speech on Jobs [and Publisher's Version]   Quotes of the Week   Ethermail   Upgrades   Going Small: Graphene Modulators What If a Cell Tower Were the Size of...   Takeout Window   Research on 9.11 Ice Loss High-Freq Trading Run Amok SNS Opportunities and Licenses   In Other House News   New Members' Welcome SNS Positions Open How to Subscribe May I Share This Newsletter? About SNS About the Publisher Where's Mark?

I am very pleased to be able to announce that our Centerpiece Conversation at the 7th annual SNS Predictions Dinner, New York, will be with member:

 

Robert Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, on the subject:

 

"How Intellectual Property Drives the Global Economy."

 

Those of you who have been tuned in to Secretary Clinton's comments on Protecting IP will want to talk with Bob and get his personal read on their recent travels to China.

 

We will also have an additional (returning) special guest with us:

 

Richard Marshall, Director of Global Cyber Security Management, Department of Homeland Security, to help us continue our conversation on security.

 

Registration is now open for the SNS Annual Predictions Dinner, December 8, 2011, at the historic Waldorf=Astoria Hotel: www.stratnews.com/newyork.

 

If you'd like to be more involved in this event as one of our select sponsors, please contact Sharon at: sam@stratnews.com or 435-649-3645.

 

 

 

Getting Past 9.11

 

Five Views and a Presidential Speech

 

 

I.       SNS Members and Terrorism: A Personal View

 

 When the first plane hit, I was in Washington, D.C., on the phone to my friend Steve Waite in New York City. "Wait," he interjected, "wait there's something happening. It looks like a plane just crashed into the World Trade Center!"

 

I turned on the television and saw the live coverage. I was due in 15 minutes for a meeting with about 30 U.S. senators to argue for a new national broadband policy, so I headed out the door.