[Mahler9th]

I try not to guess, and I try to only pay attention to the official press conferences and statements. Too many "unnamed sources." I guess they are only human...

I have enormous confidence in law enforcement on this, and I don't think they would typically have a news black-out if they knew facts. I am actually a little surprised that they are saying as much as they are, but I am sure they have protocols for that. And I trust them.

I remember when a person tried to light his underwear on fire on a plane. Underwear bomber. It happened on Xmas 2009. I knew the incident would create extra work for my friend and his colleagues.

Months later when I spoke to him, he indicated that even though the government was shut down for quite a bit due to heavy snow storms right after the incident, he and his colleagues worked many hours on the investigations. Many, many hours. Tough getting to and from work I am sure. Probably an exhausting period.

The context of our conversation was the approaching of the 50 year age milestone and health. In a roundabout way all of that work and the fatigue and stress led him to a path that identified glaucoma. Somewhat lucky in terms of how early they found it.

Then a month later I got an e-mail. He had a learned of a new and totally separate health issue. Terminal.

People from his workplace took part in the service less than a year later. From my interactions with them in this tough time I concluded that these people formed bonds as colleagues well beyond what I have experienced as a businessperson.

They obviously work really, really hard on this stuff. I think they will be pretty relentless. And I hope they find he/she and/or they that are responsible quickly and with certainty.