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Good research. You went beyond my rather brief efforts, and made a good point too.

Here's the thing. If the SAD-disappeared-during-her-senior-yr community responded, ‘They were all afraid for their lives, so they went along’ - here's the come back: anonymity. There are just too many ways to report threats to your life and loved ones anonymously to imagine that no one availed themselves of this option. Plus, even in a liberal mecca such as Mercer Island, there must have been one or two conservatives. Would they not have figured out a way of leaking word of the threats to their lives?

I'm frustrated no one will answer these questions. It's fine to go after those who disagree, but it's better by far to offer evidence to make your case. If anybody wants to know why I believe Obama was born in Kenya, I've got all my ducks in a row. I may not always have time to lay out the complete case at that instant, but I can pretty much guarantee to do it w’in a 24 hr period. In fact, I'm delighted to do it. Why do we get all these arcane theories, yet so little hard evidence to back them up? Questioning elaborate, unproven theories is not in and of itself a crime. Getting answers to some of those questions—now that would be the icing on the cake.