Just heard from "sources" that the LPC, aka the Lace Panty Crowd, aka2 Dept of State, has their collective knickers in a knot over the Article 556/762 Hostage Negotiation outcome. Seems the LPC thinks all could have been resolved "without resorting to violence" and said resort has had a "negative impact on possible future hostage negotiations". Me, my thoughts is Article 556/762 Hostage Negotiation has worked well in the past, many times. If LPC had their way, we would still be apologizing to the (censored) for some of them getting hurt during their NY/Pentagon attacks a few years ago. Said non-US sources, by the way, are in the ROF/LTCAO mode at LPC.