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Sheesh, it's so tough to get through. Explosives: if you think this is hard, you don't get out enough.

Why do you feel it necessary to put down people who disagree with you? So far, I have only provided my point of view without making derogatory comments about you personally. You have a valid point of view and all I was doing was offering my view as to why I don't think this 30 man Chechec thing is likely. You seem to take the view that anyone who doesn't see things your way just doesn't understand as much as you. I don't think that is necessarily the case. Basic tradecraft does not include answering machines leading you to other places. Why would you need that? If I have the first number then I will simply call it and follow the directions just like the terrorist. It's also WAY too complicated and leaves room for errors. Contact instructions need to be simple and have a fallback. Messages leading you to other messages are ok for ransom demands, but don't cut it as good contact instructions. Basic tradecraft would be those Chechens settling in and then being contacted after a cooling off period. They would go to a library, get on the internet and create an email account. They would then deliver a benign sign of life to a predetermined e-mail address. If the terrorists have spent two or three years setting up these safe houses and cells I can't imagine them risking them like that with 30 Chechens crossing the border all carrying backpacks, most probably totally out of their cultural element and trying not to stand out. The obvious scenario to me anyway, would be to bring Arab terrorists in to the US one at a time over a period of a year or two and just let them stay as sleepers until such time as they are needed. It's just as easy as 30 Chechens across the border and a lot safer, in my opinion. The fact of the matter is, if one of those Chechens was arrested at the border the entire operation would have to be called off. If it wasn't then these terrorists are so stupid we have nothing to fear.