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May 28, 2004

Do They Hate Bloggers?

I hope not! Otherwise the Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash might be a death trap for us all!

The FBI office in Denver has received "numerous" calls about the seven people believed to be associated with al-Qaeda pictured Wednesday in newspapers.

But, you know, even if they ARE in Denver and ARE targeting downtown for a massive attack sometime tonight, I feel safer just knowing that our astute, dedicated, and priority-focused FBI is working it big time.

Samuel Mac, manager of the Denny's in Avon [where two of the suspects might have dined Wednesday], isn't happy with the response he got from the FBI when he reported that two of them ate at his restaurant Wednesday.

When he called the FBI in Washington, D.C., Mac said the man who answered the telephone said he had to call the Denver office and declined to take down any of the information.

When he called the Denver office, he was shuttled to voice mail because the agents were busy, Mac said. It was five hours before a seemingly uninterested agent called back.

Yep, feeling safer already.

Kelso said the Denver FBI office has received at least a dozen calls about the pictures. The calls are all taken seriously and "we follow up on every lead," she said.

But she said the FBI has no reason to believe any of the seven are in Colorado or traveling through.

Um, right, except that maybe they are and maybe they ate at a Denny's in Avon, Colorado.

God* save us from ourselves.

* Not to be construed as an indication that I have found the Baby Jesus. To my knowledge, he is still very much missing, although I've yet to check between the sofa cushions. So, you never know.