>Let's not forget that Al Qaeda didn't take responsibility for 9/11 until 3 or 4 years after the fact. Actually, applying the same line of reasoning also broug

>Let's not forget that Al Qaeda didn't take responsibility for 9/11 until 3 or 4 years after the fact. Actually, applying the same line of reasoning also brought me to the same conclusion about Al Qaeda. When Osama initially denied involvement it rang true because he had no motive to deny it if he actually was behind it. He wasn't going to suddenly stop being no. 1 on the FBI's most wanted list. He already had two sizable terrorist attacks to his name. Whereas... consider what Bush and Cheney would have done if they had found conclusive proof that Mohammed Atta was the sole mastermind of the operation. "Sorry guys, we can't retaliate because the perpetrators are all dead"? Heh.