[swarthyguy]

it never hurts to be too paranoid.

So what triggered the raid on a snowy night? Why NOW if it's been a year long investigation?

[JasonC]

The most likely thing would be some evidence of a leak of info that was compartmentalized enough on our end they were able to trace it. That is, the NSA listens to the Saudis or Iraqis or whoever talking about what they know. They notice that the bad guys know items of information X and Y, that were tightly held secrets over here. Look for the intersection of knowledge of X and knowledge of Y, common factors, track how they found it out. So the "why now" could be, they just heard something that pointed the finger at Ptech. As for what things are being discussed that might be involved, it is easy enough to run through the prominent current headlines and speculate, but it would obviously just be speculation. Or, they could hold off because they are still listening and don't want to let the bad guys know we know - until now. The Iraqi deadline on their report just passed, for example.

[thinden]

don't ya just love the way CNN is spinning this deal?

nothing here. let's move on.