Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Tuesday, Oct. 15

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[Peach]

To avoid multiple vanity threads regarding any news from press conferences, let's keep a live commentary thread going again today.

Note: This is the graphics-free thread. Graphics can be found under the thread titled "Beltway Sniper Shootings-Graphics Only"

[Kip Lange]

Think the Pentagon shows us what the Predator can really see? Or other, more highly classified spy planes? :p

[Robe]

GOOD POINT

[ellery]

I know...sigh. It's bad when the best-case scenario is a lone, murderous killer. Argh.

[tomkat]

"I think the United State Supreme Court declared the death penalty to be unconstitutional in Federal cases. True?"

Tim McVeigh must be pissed.

FOFLMAO !   smartass remark of the day ! !

if there's not such an award, there sure needs to be ...

[spycatcher]

Olive skin has been whitewashed already.

What did you mean by that? This is not a good time for archness, obscure or learned references, or labored metaphors. Please restate.

WHITEWASHED:

-- To conceal or gloss over

-- To make white; to give a fair external appearance to

The suspect has been ID'ed as an olive-skinned or hispanic appearance over police radio, but the skin color gets whitewashed by the official and mainstream media sources so as to implicate white military male gun enthusiasts (presumed guilty) and not implicate Middle Eastern terrorists (presumed innocent).

[BiffSchneider]

"Hope somebody's checking large storage units near these scenes"

Unless the manager and all the workers of the storage place are in on this with the sniper, I'd imagine that those storage places have already been checked by said managers and employees. There is a rather large reward available.

This could be a storage place, but they'd have to be very careful that no one else saw them and have a place to hide the truck and/or van where none of the customers could see it. Perhaps a manager could do that. He could even fake the surveillance tape to cover up his entry/exit from the storage place. Or, it could be a bankrupt/deserted storage facility or the like.

[livius]

Actually, I knew somebody who worked in aerial surveillance in the military, and believe me, they can get much greater detail than what appeared in that clip!

The wonders of modern technology.

But, unfortunately, I don't think they're yet able to peek into concrete and metal rental units/garages from the ol' Predator.

[Kip Lange]

However, on the glass is half-full note, it's still highly probable it IS just a deranged (white) nut.

[dinasour]

I bet there are more 'RATS than bats in there !!!

Actually, the really devout ones probably would not vote at all because that would be un-islamic. But, I heard the more secular moslems tended to side with the Republicans. Seems that some decadent infidels are more decadent than others.

I don't count the talking heads from CAIR or NOI. These are socialists pretending to be muslims.

I think this whole Jihad thing has gotten in the way of a coalition, though.

[Dog]

LOL!

[Letitring]

:) That's what I've heard/read. Plus, I feel fairly certain people have checked rental storage units. :) I would. Don't most of those places have on board security people/managers?

[SupplySider]

Stay safe xsmommy. I grew up right there, but probably long before you. It was in the days when Seven Corners was Woodies and Garfinckls.

I doubt they would strike twice in the same place, so you may be in one of the safest spots in No. Va. right now.

[Kip Lange]

I do smell this leading to war with Iraq, too. Just a hunch. But a hunch against obvious odds that it's a lone gunman (conspiracy bone, heh :p).

[livius]

That's true, and an alarming thought!

But I have noticed that many of them - in my area, at least - have rather minimal security, since one of the concerns of the people who rent in them is often privacy. They don't want people to know they have such and such, and thus they object to being filmed coming and going or having to sign in at a desk.

I knew somebody in New York who actually lived in a storage unit in Queens for several months. .. And he had his car in there with him! (He was a little eccentric.)

[ellery]

I hope you're right. And if so, I hope this is an opportunity to develop an effective response if and when AQ decides to use this means of attack...

[Sacajaweau]

The last hit (of 5) on Oct 3rd (Thurs) was at 9:15 PM. I believe it is the only other shot within the beltway.

Sac

[Kip Lange]

Don't most of those places have on board security people/managers?

If you found one in a run-down neighboorhood, no. I knew a place like that in Oakland that was deserted 24-7 (felt great to keep my stuff there).

[Vol2727]

I just got home from picking up my daughter from school. I wanted to catch the press conference so I taped it. Just got finished reading this whole thread and wanted to add to what you just said, OReilly. I even watched it three times to make sure and wrote it down. So, this is his exact quote to the question that was put to him about partial information:

"paints a group or causes people to be misidentified, causes them some hardship, that's the dilemma we want to stay away from."

The thing that stood out to me was the term he used first -- group. The only group I know of that might suffer some hardship is the very same group that suffered after 9/11.

[Letitring]

Really? I had no idea.

[Chemist_Geek]

Chief Moose is just too touchy-feelie for me. I like my Cops steely eyed, tough talking, maybe even good looking.

Can we defrost Detective Joe Friday for this case? Please? (grin)