Just a hypothesis: the unexamined assumption behind most coverage of the
investigation is that there is a single organization -- even if a shadowy
'umbrella' -- or at least some kind of ethnic-fanatical conspiracy at the
centre of the whole operation. What about the possibility that the insider
trading and the terror attacks were carried out by two distinct entities
with very different motives, opportunities and capacities? 

For the sake of argument let's say the organization doing the financial
transactions was of the type organized crime/secret police and the
organization carrying out the attacks was military/fanatical. It is not
necessary to assume that both are pursuing a unified goal. In fact, assuming
a unified goal leads right up several blind alleys.

If there were two organizations, the relationships between them could range
from symbiotic to penetration and provocation. The obvious model would be
the relationship between the Czar's secret police and terrorist
organizations in Russia in the late 19th century and early 20th.

Tom Walker
Bowen Island, BC
604 947 2213

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