[EternalHope]

What can we learn from the decision to publicly ask instead of privately ask?

That the family has already been asked privately, and did not cooperate.

Does it say anything about our suspicions?

Certainly. We think we may have gotten him.

Going public also puts pressure on him to do something that shows he is still alive. When he does, and he must if he is still alive, he will give us clues.

[steve-b]

That the family has already been asked privately, and did not cooperate.

Great Ghu, are our intelligence agencies incapable of swiping a few hairbrushes or used bandages?