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Thanks for the info. I am glad to hear from someone else at the game because it is real information..

As far as the cell phones, I was going from something PKM was talking about yesterday. If they were not jammed...I'm actually a little disappointed...because I like to think people are on top of this.

But I'm open to new facts. And I do think that Boren is being very careful. My larger points are just that you can not assume conspiracy from silence, and we can not berate the press when they are overly hysterical, then berate them when they are not.

INO...I'm just not a tinfoil hat type in general, especially this close to the event.

I hear you...all cell coms should have been shut down immediately.

I often wonder why they don't have a computer randomly call cell phones in Iraq so as to set any devices off prematurely.

My larger points are just that you can not assume conspiracy from silence, and we can not berate the press when they are overly hysterical, then berate them when they are not.

I agree with your assessment, overall. But since when does the MSM cooperate with national security issues? I think what we have is a convergence of interests. On one hand, some news outlets are practicing self discipline in the interest of patriotism and helping law enforcement. On the other hand, an incident like this wouldn't play well with the PC, religion of peace mentality of our domestic, homegrown enemies- the ones whose ultimate goal is harm to the US, who see Islamists as their defacto allies.

On top of all that, it surprises me as a libertarian that the ratings market doesn't trump both of these goals. Perhaps they've feasted at the trough of natural disasters enough lately.