So far nothing about the Reid incident distinguishes it from a low-level security test. Whether Reid was informed of his role by the operation planners could be questioned. And whether the planners were "terrorists" or the counter- terrorism industry is a fair question. Time magazine says in its December 31 edition: "White House aides tell Time they are envisioning a war against terrorism that could last 50 years. As a model for fashioning a long-term game plan, Bush aides have been looking at old cold-war national-security doucments, such as NSC-68, a plan the Truman Administration drafted in 1950 to contain the Soviets." Terrorism is a godsend for those forever looking for terrifying enemies of the state, family, church. NSC-68: http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsc-hst/nsc-68.htm Mattd is a guy I'd like at my back in a fight. I wouldn't expect him to climb a tree like a scardy cat to lick his weeping anus.