The government itself said that it had nothing to do with this attack and that Rushdie had just brought this on himself. The initial sense is that this may have been a lone wolf attack even though it was pre-planned and pre-staged. There are indications that he had begun to follow the kind of ideas popular among hardliners. We don't know what connections he ever made with anyone in it, Hezbollah or anyone in Iran. And how is the United States government responding?