Pesky terrorists Pt. 4

I've been writing and linking to things expressing my doubts (here, here, and here) about the big alleged air-terrorism plot that emerged this week in London. Today Andrew Sullivan links to an item by Craig Murray, who was the British ambassador to Uzbekistan (and helped expose some nasty goings-on there). A couple of little excerpts:

None of the alleged terrorists had made a bomb. None had bought a plane ticket. Many did not even have passports, which given the efficiency of the UK Passport Agency would mean they couldn't be a plane bomber for quite some time.

In the absence of bombs and airline tickets, and in many cases passports, it could be pretty difficult to convince a jury beyond reasonable doubt that individuals intended to go through with suicide bombings, whatever rash stuff they may have bragged in internet chat rooms.

...In all of this, the one thing of which I am certain is that the timing is deeply political. This is more propaganda than plot.

Curiouser and curiouser.