Were they in on it?
An odd thought struck me at lunch when I was using my mobile to catch up on the news about the alleged terrorists in Miami arrested yesterday: What if they were our boys?
Here's what I was thinking .... some American intelligence authority set up a group to act like terrorists, hoping to get ties inside al Qaeda. But the op was about to be burned so the case officer had the men "arrested" to maintain their credibility and allow the scheme to be tried again. These men would then disappear in the Supermax prison, never to be seen again, and then relocated. Possibly even used again in some fashion.
It is certainly possible, but is it probable? The Administration would need some serious gonadi to carry out something like this. Normally I would say this isn't likely, but with the delicate dance it has been having with communication and finance records of the world's citizens, I'd have to rethink that position.
Just something to make you go "Hmmmmmm."
