<<The funny bit is how the family think the Military Industrial Compex actually has any intelligence to release on this missing aircraft.
Having failed to predict 911, failed by predicting WMDs in Iraq, failed to predict the insurgency in Iraq etc what chance they know where one airliner is in Africa?>>
It's difficult to express the depth of the passion that the family feels regarding Ben's disappearance. They truly feel convinced that the government knows more than they are saying...which I think is a given. Ben's sister was more than surprised when I told her that the FBI had closed the case five years before. No one at the FBI told them and to the family it is further proof that the government just doesn't care. They have been frustrated since the beginning and feel like they've been lied to all along. To them, the government has been no help at all.
That said, they have little to no understanding as to just how large Africa is; nor do they appreciate how limited radar coverage is in Africa,; nor do they realize that fact that our military/govt/spies are not as omnipotent as Hollywood makes them out to be. They aren't aviators and know little about the world of aviation.
In short, give them a break. They deserve it. They're fighting a battle they don't understand and they have no weapons to fight with.