My guess is they found out the VP was in-country and had the base under observation so they figured he hadn't left, but honestly, to call this an attempt on the VP is a huge stretch. Cheney was apparently a mile away from the main gate where the bomb went off.
On 2/28/07, Gruss wrote: > > > Sam wrote: > > Or > > 3) They read the news feed > > > > Here's the problem with that: how'd they know the VP would be there at > 10:30am? And how does the writer know that it was an attempt on the > VP's life? > > If we assume the writer is correct, however (and he's clearly > speculating), it means that: > > 1.) The Taliban is alive, well, and watching the news 24/7 for targets > of opportunity. > 2.) They're able to deduce a target's location and strike in under 24 > hours, and > 3.) They have little or no fear of the local population. > > -- --------------- Robert Munn www.funkymojo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:229204 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
