How does one handle a tragedy such as this? How would one handle the tragedy of the unsanctioned bombing prior to the last Iraq war of the Iraquis, a tragedy? How would one handle the main information source, the media which carries newsworthy stories like the first but ignores the second and makes in Australia little mention of the Rycroft memorandum, surely as newsworthy. Perhaps even better than Enron or HIH or--. Mark Danner is right one has to search. To seach is to find a new'truth' rapidly covered, as Danner says by the official 'truth'. So one moves to the next headline-terror of Miss somebody or other probably film star or model. The article is understanding of the loss suffered but attack on democracy? At face value yes but does democracy require an informed electorate or is the electorate the parly thing of politicians to lead by threats of terror or of dissidence? Should one publish this -yes but remember that it aids in the destabilising aim of the terrorists and allows politicians of overweaning self importance to put in place limitations on , well certainly liberal democracy (democracy? we can still vote!) with Patriot acts terror laws in the name of protection, though hardly freedom unless freedom from, the other way of defining freedom. Yes if one smokes or drives a car one chances of death or injury are higher than any terrorist activity for the general citizen-should we have laws against smoking or driving. To some extentwe do and courts to back up the law but internationally grandiliquent vocalisation without the substance of enforcement, well not for the victors anyway. We are always right and our Phoenix squads are not terrorists but freedom fighters enabling democracy. Would we, as the French and British did indulge in terror if our country was overrun? Would we use the means available and most likley effective target to express our displeasure.