I saw The Bourne Ultimatum a few days ago. READ NO FURTHER IF YOU FEAR SPOILERS. It’s nice to know that in the world according to this movie, the CIA is meticulous enough to stamp the words “U.S. Citizen” on file folders of people the Agency has had assassinated. It’s also nice to know that while the CIA can send dozens of agents onto the streets of New York at will, it can also forget to leave somebody at the front desk of Black Ops Headquarters to say, “May I help you?” when Jason Bourne decides to walk in and call the head spook from inside the head spook’s office.

But most important, I guess I now know how to induce a case of amnesia: Just have somebody shoot a guy who’s been waterboarded and then announce, “You are no longer (NAME OF SHOOTER). You are now Harvey Shmedlap.” Hey, it worked on Jason Bourne!