...来了，先是现役鼓手Mike Portnoy和前键盘手Kevin Moore纠集Fates Warning两成员推出“战略影响局(Office of Strategic Influence)”的第2张《Free》，后是前键盘手Derek Sherinian拉来现吉他手John Petrucci发表个人第6张专辑《Blood Of The Snake》。
abstract:Office of Strategic Influence is the first album by American progressive rock band OSI, released by InsideOut Music on February 18, 2003. The album was recorded in June 2002 and mixed in August 2002 at the Carriage House Studios in Stamford, Connecticut.
Regrettably, the OfficeofStrategicInfluence was taken down within months by unfounded rumors it would disseminate false news stories to promote American objectives.
Still, the front-page, above-the-fold article in the February 19 editions of the New York Times that precipitated the current firestorm of criticism was sourced by unnamed individuals transparently defending their bureaucratic "turf" against proposals that would cede to a newly created OfficeofStrategicInfluence any authority to disseminate information to overseas audiences.