Maybe they haven't seen them in years, but they sure as heck don't want to be questioned about them.
I think the folks attacking Hatfill jumped the gun ~ they didn't need to be involved at all.
Concerning Palestinian Commies, they exist. Many of them live here and NOT there.
“We are in our time the Communists of the Fifties, the Scottsboro Boys [of the 1930s], the Anarchists [in the late 1800s]. And now the Terrorists — whatever Imperial America can frighten the people with. Judges included.”
— Lynne Stewart