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Originally Posted by Carruthers
Being the fully paid up cynic that I am, I take the view that these things don't happen spontaneously.
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Although it could have been semi-spontaneous, it's likely the decision was made far enough in advance to send people to check for heathens and terrorists who might be worshipping there, but wanted to keep it under their hat to prevent hoards of press from trampling the site.
But they can make changes on the fly according to the whims of the boss, although it tends to make the Secret Service pissy. LBJ was famous for doing that. Of course they'd have to make a couple of strafing runs first, and flame thrower all the mosquitoes.