On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Sage Ross<ragesoss+wikipedia(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It would raise his profile, indicate that Western
media had taken
notice of the kidnapping, and therefore raise his value to the
kidnappers (either his value as a negotiating chip or his symbolic
value if executed).
-Sage (User:Ragesoss)
I don't buy this thinking. This is the sort of wooly-headed stuff that
has us throwing billions down the black hole of Homeland Security &
taking off our shoes at airports. 'security experts' will say
anything; I don't trust them unless they're Bruce Schneier.
After all, massive publicity hardly worked out badly for [[Jill Carroll]].
--
gwern