Do you now own, or have you ever owned, a black trench coat, or have you any knowledge, direct or indirect, of any other person or persons who now own, or ever have owned, a black trench coat? If so, dial 1-800-TESTIFY.

This letter was transmitted to and then posted by CNN (Cable News Network) via the Internet, home of countless Web sites dedicated and devoted to detailed descriptions of pipe bombs and other devices that go boom in the afternoon -- all courtesy of the many official United States military manuals of dirty tricks and "clandestine operations", from which instructions and directions are copied ver batim.

If one can't control or understand it, find a scapegoat on whom to blame it. Turning a serious social tragedy into a supercilious travesty...it's the American way.