[KsSunflower]

If this is a terrorist plot, they would get much more mileage from using different groups in cities across the country. If this happened say in St. Louis and then Denver and then Charlotte, and then Milwaukee, etc. there would be much more hysteria, everywhere.

I know that we are cracking down on their organization, but I have to believe that there are sleeper cells here and that they could easily have cash to move about the country and communicate with each other, maybe through pre-paid cell phones.

I know that we can't discount the terrorist angle, but I would be somewhat surprised that is the case.

[swarthyguy]

OK; it's all conjecture, but this is the Metro DC area, the nation's capital. Emotionally similar to NYC.

[Alberta's Child]

If this is a terrorist plot, they would get much more mileage from using different groups in cities across the country. If this happened say in St. Louis and then Denver and then Charlotte, and then Milwaukee, etc. there would be much more hysteria, everywhere.

I would tend to agree with you, but there is a real possibility that there are a number of terrorist cells in this country operating entirely on their own. The only thing they have in common is that they were all trained by al-Qaeda over a period of several years.

[MortMan]

If this is a terrorist plot, they would get much more mileage from using different groups in cities across the country. If this happened say in St. Louis and then Denver and then Charlotte, and then Milwaukee, etc. there would be much more hysteria, everywhere.

That's true, but this type of action requires fairly in-depth knowledge of the "terrain". Knowing when and where to shoot and then get away isn't easy, when you stack up so many incidents in such a short time.