Batting cleanup...

Remember Kevin Brown, the Jamaican Tree Stump bomber arrested at Orlando International Airport? He's been detained by a federal court judge and it looks like his court appointed lawyer is going to challenge the evidence. Look for full disclosure of the behavioral profiling techniques used to nab this nut - anything to help the Islamists out.

Remember the Two detained near Picatinny Arsenal? Well, the one charged has been released and is on his way back to GA where he is in graduate school. His lawyer is offering up the usual poor victim excuses and pleading communication difficulties. The circumstances suggest that something's still a little hinky to me.

The suspect, Ayzenberg, is claiming that "someone he knew used to live in the area and wondered what it looked like today". (Odd. The attorney couldn't identify the name of that individual.) He and his companion were warned once and told to leave the area - they did but then pulled over again and started snapping more pictures. When police approached the vehicle they saw that Ayzenberg was concealing a digital camera under his jacket. A laptop was at his feet.

His lawyer is claiming that his client's beard and white knit head covering might have led the silly authorities to confuse him for a terrorist but that his client was in fact, an orthodox Jew. So he says. Well then, he should also be able to say who the former resident was that wanted to know what Picatinny Arsenal looked like, no?

Like I said. Hinky. (What better cover than an Orthodox Jew? I did say that I LOVE ISRAEL bumper sticker was a nice touch after all.) Keep in mind the Fort Dix Six, possums and the Goose Creek Firecracker Packers. There is a clear and present danger to our military bases and this seems to be the modus operandi for scoping them out.

Speaking of the Fort Dix Sicks... Meet the Flipper of the group. Ethnic Albanian Kosovar gets 20 month sentence for plot. Funny how Moslem is missing from that headline, isn't it? Anyways, how do you know this guy is the one that flipped? The other members of the group are still facing life sentences. Here's the dead giveaway: his lawyer thinks the sentence is "fair". And our Flip-perp states that he "never thought for a single moment that the group "would carry through with it." Unh-huh. Likely story.

In case you were wondering, the Las Vegas Ricin Dude is still in hospital and being treated for kidney failure. He regained consciousness on March 12 and is regarded by the FBI as acting alone. His cousin was indicted this week on a misprision of felony charge.

No news on the Pakistani ambassador kidnapped on February 11 at the PAK-AFGH border. The last word on the subject is this 3/16 article out of Peshawar. The highlight? The elders of the tribe believed to be involved in the kidnapping has "announced to set on fire the houses of kidnappers if proved to be hailing from the area."

And finally, no news regarding the British CBS Journalist (unknown, except to long time DL readers) kidnapped in Iraq. The last report is a passing mention in an article lamenting the situation for reporters in Iraq. -end-