[Miss Marple]

Now why do you think they aren't connecting the dots?

Are they being patriotic?

Or obtuse?

Or deliberately ignoring it until they can figure out a way to criticize it?

[Amelia]

Good question, and I haven't figured out the answer yet. I'd like to think they are being patriotic, but that doesn't really fit with their recent history.

Then again, 9/11 combined with anthrax attacks on members of the press might have driven them to some sort of realization that protecting our country also means protecting themselves....

Or they could be so obtuse that unless they are spoonfed all of it, they don't bother to look and connect the pieces, which seems to be true for many of them.