[Fred Mertz]

There were street maps of Manila, plotting the papal motorcade's route; two remote-control pipe bombs; and a phone message from a tailor saying the cassock Saeed had ordered was ready for a final fitting.

Outstanding post Wallaby! Lots and lots of info in this one.

[OKCSubmariner]

Thanks for flaging me Fred.

Wallaby, thanks for the great find and for keeping this issue before Freepers.

There are too possibilites, either the Feds investigators got the word to the USG decision makers on this one or they did not.

If the decision makers did not get the word, then COngress and the decision makers should be concerned and fix the problem with the flow of info to them. If the decision makers got the word then the Fed investigators should be concerned that correct or timely decisions were not made with their intelligence.

In either event, it seems that if this problem is not fixed more Americans can get killed and more Americans will come to distrust even more the abilities and motives of USG decision makers to protect them.

[aristeides]

a phone message from a tailor saying the cassock Saeed had ordered was ready for a final fitting.

Sounds like they must have seen The Godfather, Part III.

[AtticusX]

Thanks for the flag Fred Mertz