David Weigel | September 7, 2006
Brian Doherty does some forensic investigation of "terror plots" and investigations that broke big, and then died without a sound, as the Reason 9/11 special continues.
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Still, using the wonderful logic of post-9/11
terror-stopping laws and arrests, FBI agent Ed Needham, told the
New York Times, "We were looking to prevent something. And we did.
Obviously nothing happened. So we all did our job."
"Why are you wearing that dead bird around your neck?"
"It's to ward off man-eating tigers."
"That doesn't make any sense. Besides, there are no tigers around
here."
"See, it's working."
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