Goodbye Freedom of Speech

[kellychaos]

I think that they chose the target on account of it's symbolism more than any legitimate military/intelligence threat posed by it. It inspired outrage and fear which was their goal. In other words, it was kind of a "Look what I can do!" :stuart

P.S. By this, I'm not doubting that the terrorists aren't capable of intelligent thought or planning, I just don't see taking on such a complex target (which they've attempted before) on the basis of it's military or intelligence value when easier targets could have been taken without the collateral damage. Besides, how much could the fear an intelligence agency that wasn't even doing that great of job of keeping tabs on them?