The Ultimate Con?

John O'Sullivan is wondering about what did the 7/7 terrorists know and when did they know it:

"Do the four young men who blew up 55 people in London qualify as exceptional and terrifying ''suicide bombers''? Or were they run-of-the-mill, regular, ordinary terrorist bombers such as you meet Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays in any small provincial English town? It may seem that this is a slightly odd question to ask. What does it matter which they were? They still kill people, don't they?

But the fact is that this question actually worries the British government, police, intelligence services and ''chattering classes'' even if most ordinary Brits take the attitude of the medieval pope who ordered ''Kill them all -- and let God decide.''

I must be ordinary.