'Your papers, please' must never be heard in America
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One of the delights of a David Ignatius spy novel is that the reader never knows where the plot is going; further, one emerges unsure as to exactly what he saw along the way.

With the recent departures of Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag, economic policy adviser Lawrence H. Summers and White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, the next senior Obama administration official expected to quit is the national security adviser to the president, James L. Jones. All other things being equal, his successor seems likely to be the president's homeland security adviser, John Brennan (who also serves as Gen. Jones' deputy).