I also think there's something up with Michaels. Your post is first I read connecting M to number 13 (which is on death card), very interesting. What is your explanation about why they deviated from the Michaels' locations and hit the boy at a school? Simply so they could leave the death card?
They must have found it "early" as there was correspondence back and forth between the news and cops about releasing it. (The cops didn't get back quick enough apparently while they were deciding about it and the card info got out).
Sac
Michael is a code word.
Tarot cards have a numeral base...A=1, B=2, C=3.
One of the latest tapes mentioned ATTA and a numerical code...the "bad guy" was laughing about it and said it was a phone call from Atta (which seemed strange). Why say it was a phone call??
Another of the latest tapes talked about communications, media etc..and they have it all set up or something like that.
There's just too much going on to discount terrorism and I've always believed that the terrorist use a simple number code.
Sac