[Route66]

That article is worth a read.

No way to confirm sources, but it does talk about a lot of the same things we have been speculating on here.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29298

[aristeides]

Yes, that's an interesting article, and a disturbing one. Particularly disturbing paragraph:

It's unlikely the administration will authorize National Guardsmen to help with roadblocks and other aspects of the investigation, because that would "tip the hand" that it's terrorism and spook citizens, the ATF official confided.

So, to avoid tipping off the public that it's terrorism, the government is avoiding a tactic that could save lives.

[TomGuy]

I suspected something "international" or more than a typical sniper/serial killer when the Secret Service got involved a couple of weeks ago. The Secret Service just doesn't typically get involved in "regular" crime. Their involvement signaled that this was much more.

Now (yesterday) the Pentagon may also get involved.

And the seeming lack of released information hints that officials know more than they want the general public to know.

Come on, 2 weeks to release a composite of a white van. Heck, any junior high kid who knows computer graphics could have generated a rendition in an hour. And "yeh, we know the partial license plate number, but we don't want to release it"---huh???? Why not? Because some smuck citizen may spot it and report its location?

[mhking]

authorities have played down the Islamic terrorism angle to avoid mass "panic" in the area, an ATF official told WorldNetDaily.

That fits in with what I've heard from various folks...