This is old, but it has been gnawing away at me. What kind of people are interested in hearing what elected officials who presumably have no mainline connection to ears-to-the-ground intel have to say about an event that is most likely being presented to the media with intentional spin? Besides, I thought we as a society had advanced beyond primal urges for eye-for-an-eye revenge. Yet, if the political wind blows, one must bend.