But the most exciting moments came in the fleeting, possibility-laden spaces between spoken ideals and physical replications, when a lively creative energy engulfed performers and audience members alike: "What will they do?
Observations are theory laden.
All observation was theory laden.
The president also told the programme he didn't lose sleep over the possibility that Bin Laden might be killed.
The planners had contemplated tunnelling in — or, at least, the possibility that bin Laden might tunnel out.
But the officials acknowledged that the mission always was weighted toward killing, given the possibility that Bin Laden would be armed or wearing an explosive vest.
At the least, though, the end product — a novella-length report, still officially unpublished — offers tantalizing possibilities about Bin Laden's circumstances and the suspicions that drove relations between Pakistan and the United States to the brink.
But the possibility that Mr. bin Laden was killed at Tora Bora cannot be discounted.
Of the possibility that Mr. bin Laden might be in Pakistan, he said, "Chances are rare".
The American interest is, of course, piqued by the possibility that Mr. bin Laden could be hiding in the caves.
Fourth: Bissonnette makes it clear that the SEALs needed to be at least open to the possibility of capturing Bin Laden.
