then they'll use more fanatical converts like Johnie Walker and hapless boobs like Richard Reid. The beauty of using Reid to plant the bomb is shown by the fact that British, Israeli, and American security officials all had a chance to snatch him up but failed to do so precisely because they couldn't really believe that such a bizarre acting, barely literate fool could possibly be a sophisticated terrorist capable of killing hundreds in a suicide attack. It's exactly what one of the fellow passengers said on the Paris-Miami flight. She said Reid definitely drew attention to himself but she assumed he was a junkie, not a terrorist.