Pirates vs Pentagon

The Maersk Alabama was taken by Somali pirates this morning. It is reported that the ship is carrying aid supplies to Kenya. This is the first U.S. flagged vessel to be taken. By 12:15 CNN reports the crew regained control. This is fairly unprecedented. The Pentagon reports one pirate is in custody and claim 'three others tried to escape'. Presuming they jumped overboard? This is 300 miles off the coast. The vessel's captains both graduated from the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. And one of their father's, Joseph Murphy, is an expert in anti-piracy tactis. A happy story all around.

It seems a little fantastical to me.If you go to the Maersk Website, an error message comes up when trying to track the Alabama Vessel. According to Global Security, Maersk is a primary shipping contracot for the Department of Defense, and it is not uncommon for Top-Secret security clearance to be required aboard these ships. It'll be interesting to see what the captured pirate has to say.

The timeline is breaking a little now. The boat taken 6:30 am EST, and retook by 10:00 am EST.
The NYT is reporting 7:30 am local, but that should be 2:30 pm. We'll see how it unfurls.

April 21 update: There has been some chatter about conspiracy here.