>Hmm, that's about as bad an analogy as you could have come up with. My point is this, if the president now has the time to check with his top level staffers on this on a weekly basis, don't you think they will understand that he's taken an increased, PERSONAL interest in this? I think so.

As far as I know hierarchies, the pressure from the top usually produces better excuses, demands for more funding, and a rush into ill-prepared action. Scapegoats pop out of the blue, and lot of "product" is manufactured, to cover for lack of real results.

Not that I'm trying to predict anything here, but if we see more fake tapes and more raids where "we nearly got him, but he escaped in the nick of time, but we got such-and-such guys", I won't be surprised.

The real weapon to use, the CIA, was greatly misused over the years, to the extent that the legislators found necessary to put a lid on some of its activities. Now it's not what it once was, but that doesn't mean army should be put to do the spies' job.