And then Salman wandered in, bearing a pile of books, looking like a bustling media don rather than a jihadi-dream-target, with no burly security guards, nobody except a slender press agent hobbling along on crutches.
"They caught me off guard because nobody had ever used it on me," Jenkins said of the blocking strategy.
"Coach told me, if I'm guarded by one person, it's like I'm guarded by nobody," Fowles said.
"We worked hard, we had little food, and there were guards, but nobody was killed," Michel said.
There was no national guard brought in, nobody was tear-gassed and nobody beaten or shot at by police.
The best solution, Mr. Spertzel said, is to "guard it so nobody has access to it".
"We divided into small groups to guard it so nobody would steal even one stalk," said Goulou Camara, a farmer.
But Chase and Gross say that when they confirmed their hiking route and let the government know they'd be traveling through Lagacé's camp, which does not employ bear guards for hire, nobody at the agency mentioned hiring a bear guard.
At its very best the top 40 resembles a massive house party with nobody guarding the door.
The Gaels have an off-guard position that nobody has really claimed, and their depth is thin by any standard.
