[Aliska]

BTW, kudos to that Robert Dickson who was really on the ball in recognizing that one guy. He seems to have isolated himself away from the "nest" which seems strange to me. What on earth was he doing in Cedar Rapids anyway?

[meridia]

Thanks for your nice words. :)

When I turned on the TV, and took one look... I immediately "knew" that many intelligence agencies had foreknowledge of that VILE atrocity.

So..... THAT idea is very strong for me - as it arose due to outright SHOCK.

I seriously hope that YOU are correct... for you see, I have been as fearful of some of the higher eschelons of the intelligence agencies, in a way that not even the terrorist threat moves me. Frankly, since we are in WAR, I have no fear - no time for such maudlin things as emotions, during WAR, lol.

Thanks again. Maybe I watched too many spy movies as a youngster, and therefore am unable to accept that our FBI/CIA/NSA is... ??? ...incompetent? That's too hard to accept.