On the religious garb/Juan Williams thing. First, never really thought much one way or the other about Williams, but his guest host of O'Reilly last night was beautiful. It's like he woke up one morning and found his testicular fortitude. He got fired for not toeing the party line of opinion.
It is true that none of the 9/11 hijackers wore traditional muslim garb. They were told to blend in. Now, as a protected class, wearing of the muslim garb can be a valid tactic for evading security that is too concious of profiling. My most recent example was going to Busch Gardens on 9/11 of this year. I've been living in that area for 15 years. There is a muslim population, they are low key and moderate. You just don't see people walking down the street in hijab or burqa Also, a good number are not arabic, back in the day my wife tutored english to some of the sizeable Bosnian immigrant population. I've been to Busch Gardens a bunch too. Maybe seen one person there before with dress indicating islamic faith. Then I go there on 9/11 and the place is covered up with it, from modest head coverings all the way up to radical beard and his wife with the burqa with sunglasses over the top look. The sheer number of people I saw and the day makes me consider that there was some sort of coordination. I don't mean they are all terrorists or that it was a probe, but I would readily believe that there was a concerted effort to go there dressed up, get hassled by the ginormous amount of military families there that day then get on the nooz. Warfare has many forms.
