[Bushforlife]

You are being legalistic. The meaning of those words would be the officials that we have as a society delegated to enforce our laws, and serve the public safety, such as police. Please do not attempt to use your disagreement with my use of the phrase as an excuse to invalidate my premises; such an attempt actually is what is deceptive and false. Those officials [police] are EXPECTED to respond to such an event, and suffer adverse penalties if they do nit. To pretend otherwise, based on some philosophical view of life in which we are free to move about as we wish [ or whatever], is immature and unreal. A missing bride to be in these circumstances will ALWAYS precipitate a search in real life. And EVERYONE, including you, know it.

[Continental Soldier]

You statement that my position, "based on some philosophical view of life in which we are free to move about as we wish... is immature and unreal," is completely mind-boggling here. My position is based on the Constitution of the United States and on the laws flowing from it, as currently written. If you are serious about your position on holding folks accountable, let me ask you this: Do you think families of those murdered by the DC Sniper would be correct and right to file suit against FBI profilers for getting everything completely wrong? Or against Chief Moose for alerting the public to the white van, while the killers were actually shooting people from the trunk of a dark sedan? I think those suits stand on firmer ground than any effort of yours to make a disturbed and confused girl pay for costs largely motivated by premature and excessive media coverage. But, then, that's just me. :)