Pardon me for going astray from Fauquier County concerns, but I'm wondering if anyone else has seen the connection between genealogical research, and the work that led to the successful capture of Saddam Hussein. I'm hoping that perhaps my friends won't consider me quite so crazy, if it turns out that the CIA has issued Family Tree Maker software to its agents. For example, consider this excerpt of an article from today's Washington Post. >>The first glimpse of the inner circle came in July with the arrest of Adnan Abdullah Abid Musslit, a key Hussein bodyguard seized during a series of raids in late July, Russell said. These sweeps also uncovered photographs of Hussein posing with various people, some previously overlooked by U.S. forces. The photographs provided new clues to those closest to the former president. "We had the makings of a phone book on Saddam," Russell said. The effort accelerated as U.S. interrogators and analysts came to understand the significance of Arab names in this region. Most men carry not only their own name but also the names of their father, grandfather and tribe -- a confusing jumble of identities for the uninformed but a powerful map to family relations. Many of the inner-circle names uncovered were previously unknown to U.S. forces. Even some of the most senior figures did not appear in the deck of cards distributed in the spring by U.S. officials as a guide to Iraq's most-wanted fugitives. The new representation of Hussein's clandestine movement is an easel-sized, multi-colored organizational chart developed by military intelligence officers at the 4th Infantry Division. Nicknamed the Mongo Link, the secret chart has Hussein's photograph in the center, surrounded by the names and descriptions of more than 250 top- and mid-level activists connected in a web of family and functional ties. Each family is color-coded, with greens and yellows dominating parts of the chart while blues, purples and whites predominate elsewhere. The names of individuals who have been captured and killed are written in red. <<