I appreciate the post, and you're an excellent writer. But I did address every one of your points. Cellphones have to be used with the same care as the original

I appreciate the post, and you're an excellent writer. But I did address every one of your points. Cellphones have to be used with the same care as the original operation. Those 10 seconds you mention are something you can't do. If you're someone who is foolish enough to make those mistakes, you shouldn't be involved in any of this. One thing that's helped me is to plan operations that can fail gracefully. For example, if anyone had spotted me during the op, I would've scrubbed it. No harm done. But since it was successful, I probably would have known about any mistakes that would've led to my exposure. Note that word "probable." Once again, there's no such thing as a foolproof plan. You can only try. None of my comments were "advice," either. They're an example that you can make progress, even if you're a lone wolf. Your first paragraph goes both ways: We don't hear about the successes. The list of failures is long. If you don't have a meticulous personality, then these choices aren't for you. Meticulousness is more important than intelligence, though you do need a minimum level of competence to do anything. But to insinuate that nobody anywhere can do anything is -- well, we'll let history be the judge of that.