In a message to Al Thompson  Matt Smith wrote:
MS>  AT> Well, in the World Trade Center bombing, the FBI's agent was paid
MS>  a
MS>  AT> million
MS>  AT> dollars.  He would probably be fairly persuasive with a million
MS>  bucks
MS>  AT> at
MS>  AT> stake.  Or, he may even just say he was persuasive enough.
MS>
MS>      Could he have offered _you enough money to become part of his
MS>  plot?
I missed your "no prior inclinations" qualification earlier.  I didn't say 
the others had no "prior inclinations."  However, they may not have had the 
ability or motivation to do what they did, without the aid of the FBI agent.  
They may have been planning something smaller, or less effective, such as a 
smaller bomb.  Or, they may not have had a workable plan, or access to the 
Secret Service parking area.  Who knows?
You can pretty well bet that the FBI would look pretty silly if they paid 
someone $1 MILLION, and all they ended up with was clues in a pipe bombing 
which blew up a few cars.  If they really wanted to get their money's worth, 
they would hope for clues in a multi-million dollar bombing.
No, they couldn't offer me enough money to do something like that.  I have no 
prior inclination to blow up buildings.  
 
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