[jwalburg]

WOW! You can't help wonder if the homeland security folks are deliberately downplaying this for some reason.

[ValerieUSA]

My guess is the group is already infiltrated, and the agent is close to getting very important info... this stunt may have been testing him.

[protest1]

I wondered that as well. Best spin I could put on it would be that the authorities know this kind of thing is taking place, the terrorists know they know, but we don't want the terrorists to know that we know that they know... and so on!

Personally I would have got up, tried to persuade a few other guys to do likewise and gone to have a chat with the Syrians, find out what they were up to... all friendly like. Then take it from there.

[gcruse]

WOW! You can't help wonder if the homeland security folks are deliberately downplaying this for some reason.

They don't want us getting excited unless it's in response to the color code.  Pavlov's dogs, you understand.

[hershey]

Exactly. Does this pass the smell test? No.

[Hildy]

If you're reading it, than there's more going on. I'm going to bet that my Country is taking care of this particular incident, knows who the people are and have checked them out. Are either watching them or have something else planned for them. If there's anything we've learend, is not to take what newspapers print at face value.