Subject: Re: Welcome to Chinese Operatives
Why do that? Why not just get a fake passport and hop on a plane to New York?

Because they're not going to waste that kind of effort on their foot soldiers. The planners, yes.

You're doing the same thing 1pg did and assuming that every terrorist is the same. They're not. They will have some dudes who will have a plan. They will have other dudes who all they know is they need to be someplace to meet a guy and that's it.