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Which is --?

"That those Defense guys are not just reluctant; they may be paralyzed. Inaction saved the day, one time. And that establishes the assumptions, on both sides."

But, Uncle, can you imagine the stink if those F-16s had gotten the word, and dropped that plane?

"Nothing like the stink if some real terrorists decide to repeat the stunt, wander around the perimeters and finally get as close as those guys did. They'd be home free, the press corps and staffers choking on sarin and finally the big wham, and the entire District of Columbia is trying to backstroke the Potomac."

But if that Cessna goes down --

"There's an official inquiry. And no question that the right thing was done. And done in the knick of time. The perimeter was defended. And the dozens of guys who've got the same thing in mind, but with heavy mischief in mind, have got to consider another assumption -- that it won't work.

"Two assumptions are validated -- offense and defense."

But if you're right, Uncle, somebody in the Defense Department ought to be reprimanded. Consciously or not, they have set us up.

"Aha. Another correct assumption."