[Molly Pitcher]

Just checking in again before going out...

My suspicions are similar to yours, Jane, and I thought of something else last night.

We know that terrorist cells in Portland and Buffalo were being observed for the past year and finally busted.

What about a cell in the DC area? Surely that would have been known about? Or maybe it was as sly as this shooter, and wasn't on the radar screen til this shooter,

and they are connected.

Maybe the composite isn't being released so as not to tip off the other members of the cell, til the LEOs and FBI are sure they have them all.

Of course this decision would be weighed against the potential value the composite would have to find the shooter, and the risk run that he'll kill again, while the authorities delay...

[Dog]

It isn't being released because we don't want the soccormoms to panic and pull little Johnny out of school.

We can't offend our muslim brothers either....

[Miss Marple]

I agree. It is very difficult not to be impatient. However, I think that most law enforcement people want more than anything to catch this guy(s) and are, while not profiling in public, busily going through all suspicious Middle Easterners, Muslims, Black Muslims, and immigrants from Kosovo.

Lots going on behind the scenes that we don't know, and I am willing to give the law enforcement people the benefit of the doubt. (Chief Moose needs a spokesman, however.)

[Chairman_December_19th_Society]

What about a cell in the DC area? Surely that would have been known about?

It is known that Al Qa'eda, Hezbollah, and Hamas all have operations in the DC area. They haven't been located to a degree where they can be dealt with, however.