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SNIPER ESCAPE BID-FBI agents grab him as he flees
News of the World ^ | 10/27/02

Posted on 10/26/2002 5:25:07 PM PDT by Brian Mosely

THE 17-year-old Washington sniper made a dramatic freedom bid—by punching his way through the CEILING of an interview room.

John Lee Malvo seized his chance after being left alone by FBI interrogators.

He leapt on a table and quickly smashed the flimsy ceiling tiles with his fists—then began hauling himself up into a ventilation shaft.

Agents dashed into the room, grabbed his flailing legs and wrenched the struggling teenager back down.

Last night the FBI refused to comment on the embarrassing incident at the "secure" and secret federal centre in Baltimore, Maryland.

Malvo and fellow sniper John Muhammad, 41—who face the death penalty in seven different jurisdictions —are refusing to help enquiries into their reign of terror in the US capital.

Posed

One agent said: "Never mind co-operation. They're not even talking."

The pair—who killed ten and wounded three in a 21-day spree— could also be charged with an unsolved murder on America's west coast.

Keenya Cook, 21, was killed in February with a single head shot as she opened her front door in Tacoma, Washington State, where Muhammad and Malvo were living at the time.

The assassins were friends with her family—and even posed for the now infamous picture together on their sofa.

But ex-Army marksman Muhammad, who changed his name from Williams because he converted to Islam, fell out with the Cooks when they befriended his ex-wife.

Claims of warnings about the pair to police BEFORE the killings started were piling up last night.

The Rev Al Archer, who runs the Lighthouse Mission Centre in Bellingham where the pair once lived, said he suspected the Gulf War veteran was a terrorist after September 11.

He said Muhammad distributed pro-Islam brochures, made anti-American slurs and also threatened to kill cops. He added: "If he'd been stopped at that time, a lot of people would be alive who are now dead."

Mr Archer revealed that Muhammad, who was existing on handouts, started travelling extensively by air. Harjeep Singh, who knew the snipers at a YMCA gym, said he was alarmed at their vow to go on a gun-rampage, targetting cops and fuel tankers.

Police and an FBI agent interviewed Mr Singh but no action was taken.

There were also chilling new revelations last night about how Malvo and Muhammad mocked police by repeatedly slipping through dragnets.

Their 1990 blue Chevrolet Caprice— a killing machine with holes in the boot to fire through—was first noted by police on October 3, just 24 hours after the first killing. But it was lost in the system while the entire hunt centred on a white van.

Meanwhile, Muhammad was stopped or spoken to by officers TEN times for various traffic offences.

During a spot-check on October 8, he was parked and asleep at the wheel. But cops failed to look in the boot, where they would have found the Bushmaster XM15 rifle.

The most chilling escape was last Monday when two illegal immigrants in a white van were held in a swoop as they used a phone booth being staked out by cops.

Muhammad and Malvo had given the number of the booth to detectives in a phone call. And just yards away, they were lurking in their blue Chevy, watching every move in the fiasco.

The car was even caught in the background on news footage—and still the jigsaw did not piece together.

Finally, police realised the car they were looking for. But Chief Charles Moose refused to reveal the number plate. It was only when one of his team leaked it that the pair were found one-and-a-half hours later.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dcsniper; domesticterrorism; keystonecops
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1 posted on 10/26/2002 5:25:07 PM PDT by Brian Mosely
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"...And just yards away, they were lurking in their blue Chevy, watching every move in the fiasco. The car was even caught in the background on news footage—and still the jigsaw did not piece together."

Chief Moose and the Caprice-ignoring keystone kops strike again

2 posted on 10/26/2002 5:28:26 PM PDT by spycatcher
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To: Brian Mosely
CNN actually reported this Malvo escape attempt about 8 hours ago, but didn't make a big deal out of it. Not sure why.
3 posted on 10/26/2002 5:31:02 PM PDT by spycatcher
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This is starting to look very interesting.

I bet these guys had a lot of help.
4 posted on 10/26/2002 5:34:19 PM PDT by lavrenti
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To: spycatcher
CNN didn't make a big deal of it because it doesn't fit their enabling agenda to let him off easy.

He's only 17. He's had a hard life. Boo hoo hoo......

5 posted on 10/26/2002 5:34:53 PM PDT by Myrean
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To: Brian Mosely
Are the Snipers Part of the "Five Percent Nation[offshoot of Nation of Islam]"? ("The Black Man is God" Among Teachings)
6 posted on 10/26/2002 5:36:38 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor
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To: spycatcher
For heavans sake get 'em outta pinko MD and send them to 'bama.

LE in MD is just incompetant. Someone on Fox said that the leg irons should have been on.

GEesh! This guy nearly escaped into the ventalation system!

7 posted on 10/26/2002 5:37:02 PM PDT by fooman
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and in most other countries, he probably would have been shot dead trying to escape...
8 posted on 10/26/2002 5:37:20 PM PDT by rolling_stone
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Just who was paying for all that airfare?
9 posted on 10/26/2002 5:40:39 PM PDT by RummyChick
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and in most other countries, he probably would have been shot dead trying to escape

I guess the FBI agents didn't show up in time for the morning briefing on the plan to save taxpayer dollars.

Pookie & Me

10 posted on 10/26/2002 5:42:47 PM PDT by Pookie Me
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But Chief Charles Moose refused to reveal the number plate.

That little beauty of police work got swept under the rug because of pure luck and a hungry press. Now he's a hero. The jerk.

11 posted on 10/26/2002 5:43:06 PM PDT by JoeSixPack1
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Doesn't the FBI normally put dangerous criminals in secure holding cells?

Evidently not. Another sign of gross incompetence.
12 posted on 10/26/2002 5:43:27 PM PDT by Cicero
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To: RummyChick
We are of course.
13 posted on 10/26/2002 5:45:20 PM PDT by GailA
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To: Brian Mosely
Chief Charles Moose refused to reveal the number plate. It was only when one of his team leaked it that the pair were found one-and-a-half hours later.

It would seem someone woke up, smelled the coffee, and decided the guys in the Caprice were the perps, but that person wasn't Chief Moose. He was PC to the very end.

15 posted on 10/26/2002 5:46:47 PM PDT by twntaipan
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Finally, police realised the car they were looking for. But Chief Charles Moose refused to reveal the number plate. It was only when one of his team leaked it that the pair were found one-and-a-half hours later.

He sure has looked unhappy since they were caught.

16 posted on 10/26/2002 5:47:43 PM PDT by per loin
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Doesn't the FBI normally put dangerous criminals in secure holding cells?

Perhaps he needs to attempt to escape again, so this whole sorry episode can be ended permanently, if you get my drift!

17 posted on 10/26/2002 5:47:58 PM PDT by toddst
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To: spycatcher
Oh Jesus. I can imagine them walking in the background as a reporter drones on, "...obviously he must be miles away by now."
18 posted on 10/26/2002 5:48:22 PM PDT by Bogey78O
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well then, why didn't they pop 'em right then and there when they had the chance?
19 posted on 10/26/2002 5:49:51 PM PDT by fooman
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To: fooman
We still have Yellow Mama down here raring to go.
20 posted on 10/26/2002 5:50:03 PM PDT by plain talk
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