In other words, these guys all knew each other, they were not separate "cells" each blindly doing their own thing. This is an excellent point, WillaJohns, the mainstream press stories are not getting the facts. Good summary report aculeus. I had not heard this bit of fact from the actor James Woods in the mass media, and I didn't caatch the O'Reilly Factor.
Rarely would I ever recommend anyone EVER watching ANY TV program; however, in this case, if you can catch the rerun or tape it, do it! O'Reilly, as usual, interrupted several times, completely unnecessarily I'm sure I don't have to add, but it is one of the most compelling pieces of TV I've seen in some time (as was the Greta Van Sustren interview with Dick Morris).
Hubby has the TV on ALL the time and sometimes I actually pay attention.