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Kattracks, thanks for finding and posting this. It gives my spirits a real and much-needed lift. I hope it's true. Trying to read the tea leaves: (1) The report is in the U.S. paper with the largest nationwide circulation. (2) It quotes unidentified SENIOR U.S. and Pakistani OFFICIALS. (3) They did not say the officials were talking on condition of anonymity. Such attribution usually means someone in the government with reliable info has been authorized to talk "on background." I note the Pentagon spokeswoman did not deny the report. (4) It's one thing to ask the American people for patience -- it's quite another to appear to be taking no retaliatory action at all. So perhaps a carefully placed item like this USA Today piece is intended to do precisely what it has -- give us hope that retribution is actually on its way.