"hero" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Jonathan Lighter]

Amusing.

BTW, I forget to mention, in the theater, the explosion, the smoke, the
tear gas, the panic, the  blood, and the sight of wounds.

Yup, a real man coulda taken the dude down.

JL

On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC <
Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:

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> > The police performed superbly in nabbing the guy in the parking lot,
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> Given that booby traps had been defused, would it not have been even
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