I can accept that they had their eyes on some (possibly even all) of the scumbags -- but I do NOT accept the idea that *something* didn't grab 'em by surprise in the wee hours of last night. SOMETHING happened that put them into instant pucker-mode, FAST, with NO warning. Something they did NOT expect to happen last night. Otherwise, they wouldn't have needed to wake GWB and MC (and all the others who got "the phone call" in the middle of the night). They would have already been up, waiting for whatever to happen. For that matter, strike that -- they would have been sleeping, because the perps would have been taken down before it became necessary to go into ultra-quickstep mode.
>>>>>I know that now they're saying they were tracking this situation for months, but I don't buy it.I agree with most of your comment, but this. I do believe they've been tracking it - but also having to keep the information out of the hands of traitors such as the New York Times.
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I think you're on the right track.
>>>Something they did NOT expect to happen last night.
From what I've been able to discern the plane tickets were purchased which set off the mad dash.
It has been reported that the "dry run" would be in the next 2 days....why would stop them from performing the task during the "dry run", since the others could have purchased tickets before investigators had any leads....
My guess is that devices were already deployed, or people were already on planes.