[GodBlessUSA]

He may be competent, but he is not being effective. As I said earlier in another post, he is coming off very weak. We do not need to see the world see us in this light. There needs to be others up at that podium. It is not an easy situation but he cannot look as though he is the only one in charge. We all know he is not but it is really looking rediculous. Almost, embarrassing. If it's not international terriorism, they may be getting some ideas if this is how it appears to handled.

[GovernmentShrinker]

I think keeping Chief Moose front and center, precisely BECAUSE he comes across as weak and ineffective, may be part of the strategy the people really in charge want to employ. The sniper is much more likely to be lulled into believing that he can successfully get a bundle of money wired to him without getting caught, if he feels as if he's dealing primarily with Chief Moose. Sure, he probably knows that the feds are really in charge, but he can't see or hear them, and can't sense whether somebody unbeatable is really in charge.

[sweetliberty]

"he cannot look as though he is the only one in charge"

Couldn't it be by design though? I mean, maybe they don't want to give this guy (the sniper) anything to furthur inflate his sense of power and self-importance which would surely happen if there were spokespeople from a number of agencies or from the Bush administration itself, as some have suggested.