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Eric Fair

Wednesday 21st of January 2026

Iraq War In Iraq, we joke that the best way not to get arrested is to be seen running toward the scene of an explosion. Eric Fair, Consequence: A Memoir © 2016 Kwiple.com
Iraq War My Sudanese translator struggles to understand my English. The detainee struggles to understand the dialect of the tranlator. The translator struggles to understand the Arabic of the detainee. I struggle to understand the English of the translator. It takes nearly two hours to collect enough information to write a report that says, “Detainee doesn't seem to understand questions about chemical weapons.” Eric Fair, Consequence: A Memoir © 2016 Kwiple.com
Iraq War Tyler and Hoagie … take a few minutes to show us how to use the chair. Captain Dent looks on as they explain to us how the Palestinian chair works. It takes only a few minutes. The chair forces you to support all of your weight with your thighs. Once they give out, you basically start to suffocate. They say everyone breaks in the chair. Eric Fair, Consequence: A Memoir © 2016 Kwiple.com
NSA At the NSA, there is a joke about introverts and extroverts. Introverts, they say, walk the halls and stare at their own shoes. Extroverts, they say, stare at other people's shoes. No one stares at me. They just walk by. This is my heart failing. Eric Fair, on collapsing from heart failure in a hallway while returning from lunch at Fort Meade, in Consequence: A Memoir © 2016 Kwiple.com
 
Selfie I am silent. This is sin. I know it as soon as I see it. There will be no atonement for it. In the coming years, I won't have the audacity to seek it. Witnessing a man being tortured in the Palestinian chair requires the witness to either seek justice or cover his face. Like Henson in Fallujah, I'll spend the rest of my life covering my face. Eric Fair, Consequence: A Memoir © 2016 Kwiple.com