Reply #59: One problem with that theory--the guy HAD RETIRED

[MADem]

The sudden, shocking nature of this news is almost too much to comprehend. David, who was 63, had just opened a new phase in his life, and only hours before the attack was telling colleagues in the bureau about the family vacation he was planning later this winter and how much he relished the freedom and opportunities that came with retirement.

David was one of the most gifted, energetic and accomplished Washington correspondents of his generation. In a biographical sketch that David wrote shortly before his retirement, he said, "To the extent I have a specialization, it is in the intersection of economics, politics and government policy.'' That was a modest way of saying what everyone in Washington knew: No one covered policy and politics better than David Rosenbaum.

http://poynter.org/forum/?id=32127

He'd already taken himself out of the game--no percentage in taking him out at that juncture.