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TONY KARON: The Navy says the civilians sitting at two of the three control stations aboard the USS Greeneville were not a factor in its collision with a Japanese vessel during an emergency surfacing routine. Is this issue something of a red herring...
...Navy is reportedly planning to investigate charges against the commander or crew. But those aboard the sub claim to have conducted the required periscope sweeps before launching the emergency surfacing, and these sweeps are shown on video monitors, so a number of people would have seen them...
...Like the other services, the Navy routinely takes batches of so-called "opinion leaders" on tours of their operations, to show off their various platforms. And an emergency blow is a neat time to be aboard a sub. Saying they were at the controls may be something of a misnomer, since there's no control over the vessel once it's surfacing. Its path is preordained. And, of course, there are officers on watch standing right behind the civilians, ready to take over in case anything goes wrong. But the issue here wasn't control over the vessel...
...wasn't convinced he was "necessarily aware" that they would be used to spirit a bomb onto a plane; nor did the prosecution present evidence that Fhimah was at the airport in Malta on Dec. 21, when he was alleged to have used his position to get the suitcase aboard a plane...
...Lecter's idea of just desserts. But none of these atrocities is more disquieting than that moment at the carousel--the first-ever physical contact between a cannibal of genius and his righteous pursuer. For a second we fear that crime literature's favorite mad doctor will yank Clarice aboard the carousel. Perhaps scalp her. But not here, not now. This is the briefest caress, a boyish flirtation, a threat of things to come...