The word squirrel comes from the Latin sciurius which is derived from two Greek words, skia (shadow) and oura (tail), that put together means "he who sits in the shadow of his own tail."
Decision makers should imagine themselves on a future day when the CSG as not succeeded in stopping Al Qaeda attacks and hundreds of Americans lay dead in several countries, including the U.S.
Richard Clark (2000), The 911 Report: A Graphic Adaptation