I also speculated that as being the reason they didn't release the pictures....It puts us in a box...
They want us "out of the box"....looking for ANYONE suspicious....not just 11 Muslim dudes.
Well you beat me to it. I can't remember the military term for this sort of "testing the waters" kind of operation but I'm sure it's occurred to someone in the FBI.
In terms of homeland security, eventually we'll have to resort to some kind of internment or mass deportation but unfortunately we're several 9/11's away from that.
In the meantime we'll just keep preparing for possible backlash against the mooslim community.