Via Glenn Greenwald, a reminder of how one of America's underrated writers foresaw the havoc that 9/11 would wreak on American institutions, as the country hunkered down for an endless war against an enemy who was everywhere and nowhere, who could be our own citizens or mysterious men in caves abroad, in which privacy was a luxury and Big Brother was watching. Hunter Thompson didn't wait long enough to see how it will all play out before he blew his brains out, but his canny take on the day after gives us a pretty good clue.