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Yous might be right.

If you believe that Jo talked to Tina? This gets complicated. Jo was complicated - her network was complicated. We know Jo wanted Tina's phone number . . . . . Jo finally claimed to have Tina's phone number. Sluggo thought he knew what female attorney in Portland was feeding Jo people's phone numbers ... What does it get the case even if Tina said this ?. We know Cooper was sad from the moment he handed his note to a stew.... no backing out now! Who got Jo's phone number book? Does it matter?

Shall we gather at the river? Ere we reach the shining river, Lay our burden down; Grace our spirits and deliver, And provide a robe and crown. This case is riddled with assumptions. Elevated to facts used. To back up poor opinions. Gather at the river. And lay your burden down.

Gregory may have thought he was flirting ?

Wasnt it Alice who forgot her purse ?

I think Cooper is a guy that likes McGyvering. Control freak. In a strange way he is also trying to maintain 'isolation' - as little interaction with the outside world as possible. He is demonstrating his tactical priorities. It may not be logical but it is his way of fostering the illusion that he is in control. He also has confidence in his McGyvering! Arrogance. Manager type. If something goes wrong he only has himself to blame ? A loner mentality. Loners have lots of grudges... its a personality type. Myopic manager type. ? Conflict archetype. Saw these personality types when I worked for Voc Rehab. They just could not accept that a stroke of some other event had changed their lives. They turned to crime as a shortcut thinking they could not be caught ... a pathetic situation common in the rehab profession. They always forget or overlook something crucial. Cooper may be a guy who decided to solve a financial problem by an elaborate parachuting solution few others would even conceive. The FBI might have looked for Cooper in the social welfare system.

You're right. Touch to nail down. His grudge could have been as broad as poverty. On the other hand his grudge could have been quite specific and personal. It seems an odd remark to me ? In fact he made a number of personal revealing statements. That is one of the reasons I give his remark credibility .... others will see it differently. Thanks!

Well, she asked if he had a grudge against the airline and he replied that he had a grudge but not against her airline...she put the word in his mouth. Her words are: In response to her query as to why he had chosen a Northwest airplane to hijack, he said ‘he had “a grudge but not against Northwest Airlines” adding ‘that the Northwest plane just happened to be in the right place at the right time’. Tina did not use the word grudge. The word grudge is his. I spend all of my time correcting people! Very time consuming - just cant do this any more. I need a break.

Tina asked Cooper 'why' he was doing this - he replied I have a grudge but not against your airlines, which is specific. If you take his statement at face value, he had a 'beef' with a value of $200k. Thats a low value! Would most people trade their lives for $200k ? The context that cannot be ignored is a whole nation in economic and social turmoil. A nation at war. A nation in recession. But, people have decided it was the $200k he was after. The State of Washington was is turmoil. We assume hijackers are just petty fools after money with no justifiable reasons. Except money. All of which reduces Cooper's statement to nonsense and irrelevant. We just ignore it. We dismiss it. It did not matter to Cooper ... it was the money and the commotion he was after. Like a child throwing a fit in a store. Just something Cooper made up.

Did any of the FBI's suspects have a grudge? Not against your 'airlines' but . . . . .

Chick X was a pole vaulter, set records that stood for years at the Drake Relays, eventually became an F4 pilot for the Navy ... he said that his pole vaulting and high jumping and ski jumping... 'set me up for parachute training'. 'I think I could have done the Cooper jump just based on my pole vaulting and ski jumping alone ... the element of overcoming risk may be the biggest factor'. Cooper did not have to be a parachutist with parachuting experience, at all ? A person with proven athletic skills, drive, and intelligence who perhaps already knew the Portland area (even had a family history there), could also have done the Cooper hijacking ... and there are people who fit that description who were never identified or examined.

who knew !

There it is... good work.

Precisely. Nobody cares. You finally got something right.

You are quick! You have already replied and I havent even posted! Its pretty funny.