[newgeezer]

The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence.

[Trust but Verify]

They don't need to. 9/11 justified their existence.

[Don Myers]

"The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence."

I had the same thought. Anyway, one caught, a few hundred thousand to go?

[Kevin Curry]

The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence.

Good point. Let's fire Ashcroft and crew and put you in charge.

Have fun. And remember: you must keep us safe as we spit in your eye and kick you in the groin.

[varon]

The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence.

What's to keep Clinton, Lieberman & Company from staging something to prove Bush, Ridge & Company are inept?

[E Rocc]

The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence.

I'd like to believe that Ashcroft and Ridge have too much integrity to do such a thing.

Magaw I definitely believe would do it, but it would be more related to planes in that case. Though it was at O'Hare....

-Eric

[Dave S]

The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence.

Curious, what makes you think that? Justice department and FBI are not going to be under the perview of Ridge. They will remain separate entities. I dont see a relationship. Now if Ridge had made the announcement...

[PoppingSmoke]

"The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence."

Not to my knowledge, Ridge had little to do with this. However, lets not jump to high here. There is no indication that the RDD ever excisted. Though plotting against the US Government using an RDD is good enough for me. Talk about High Treason.......

[lasereye]

You're not a libertarian by any chance are you?

[wingnuts'nbolts]

A replay of the TWin Towers attack maybe? Sears bldg is still available!

[Diddle E. Squat]

The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence.

Just wondering, are you a Montana freeman? Worn out your copy of "Capricorn One" from overuse? Are they coming to take you away, hoho, haha, hehe?

[PoppingSmoke]

Well kick me. Its not Ridge, but the release of this came from the White House I am told. Timing is everything. Lets see, its a plot, (which is good enough for me) but the release after all the crap last week smells like someone needed to release some positive news. However, its my experience that we are looking at is "news control" for the rest of this week. this is a story with legs. Editors and TV folk will be chasing this one. We can expect a barage of experts on RDDs, Legal, Terrorism for at least a week.

Now if this was so serious what ever happened to our warning system?

[twigs]

what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence.

He doesn't need to. He's a patriot and he's on our side.

[SunStar]

The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence.

You'll never know for sure, unless you apply Reynolds Wrap to your cranium...

[hattend]

The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence.

Don't feel alone. I was thinking that very thing during President Bush's Homeland Defense speech.

Operation "Showtime" as WACO was called by the BATF. Kill some kids for cash. (lots of Clintonoids and Renoids still in the Justice Dept)

[Redbob]

"The conspiracy nut in me wonders what's to keep Ridge & Company from staging something to justify their existence."

While the cynic in me says they're not smart enough to pull something like that off.

[Sandy]

Agreed, sort of. Although their existence is justified by 911, theres no reason to believe whatever they tell us. I'm always suspicious of these foiled plot stories.