[callmejoe]

AQ operations are tightly "compartmentalized".
Ghailani was one of the seven listed on the FBI national alert a few months ago.
The issue is not his pecking order on the AQ food chain but what does he know?

If he has general knowledge of the current situation, that is one thing.
(And the fact he was hiding out in Pakistan rather than here tends to indicate that)
But if he has specific knowledge on an operation(s) currently underway . . .
His capture will either accelerate if not trigger it (use it or lose it)
Or (hopefully) disrupt the operation and force them to go to ground

Same goes for Zarqawi or any other "big fish"
I guess it is always "good news/bad news"

Just a thought.

[tmp02]

Joe,
If nukes were bought before 911 by AQ in preparation for the undoing of the US and their master plan (since it would be difficult to acquire them after 911 since the US's intelligence would be peeking into every hole looking for info and would be hard to hide these purchases), wouldn't the nukes already be in place (before 911) and be triggered by this time? If AQ is trying to acquire nukes currently, it would be close to impossible with everyone giving info to the US? Any money that would be made by 911 ("shorting" airline stock) would not have been necessary if their plan was already made and all finances were acquire.