[Random Access]

There are reasonable reasons to limit media coverage and there are unreasonable reasons. Incompetence on the part of the investigating agencies and their leadership is not a reasonable reason to limit public access.

[Cicero]

Moose is an idiot. The only way they are going to catch this guy is if they release enough information so someone who knows him will get suspicious and turn him in.

[cricket]

"Serial sniper investigators are defending their limited release of information in the Washington-area sniper probe, saying they must strike a balance between enlisting the public's help and revealing too much to the killer."

So far, they are determined to do it 'their way' and they are not any closer to stopping this madness than they were last week.

. . .when the Chief Moose was irate about the Tarot card and message; because the killer did not want them to 'talk'; could only wonder beyond bad judgement, why they would choose to empower the 'terrorist'.

They have come up with the most off the wall explanations for their rationale on this case; and I think these investigators will be slammed in the end for their decisions.

Time to move this case to more competant hands and minds. . .

[cricket]

. . .considering GI's? Surely they are checking ex-policeman as well. . .or recent graduates of a 'terrorist camp'. . .

[ladyinred]

Sorta difficult to appeal to the media's "greater good" isn't it?

[JackOfVA]

He says there is large lettering on the side of the truck, but he says none of the witnesses could recall the exact wording.

Could hypnosis help with recall? Or is that just movie/TV mythology that a witness can recall information under hypnosis? I do know that it may taint future prosecution, but lets face it, the shooters are unlikely to wind up in front of a jury. I see them going out in a lead storm.

Jack

[Blood of Tyrants]

My hypothesis is that he works for a company that delivers goods to various stores. Perhaps he is in the maintainence field. That would allow him legitimate reason to be in any of these places if stopped. He takes the weekends off and doesn't have use of the truck. That is why he only shoots on weekdays.

If that is true and he hasn't decided to hole up for a few weeks until the heat is off, then he will start shooting again on Monday or Tuesday.

[razorback-bert]

I think he/she/they know what they are driving.

[razorback-bert]

I think he/she/they know what they are driving.

[kennyboy509]

This is my theory

#1 There are at least 2 moslems working together.(simple deduction: Occums Razor, we are at war)

D.C. Police and F.B.I. are avoiding giving a description of the perp because "he is an Islamo-fasist terrorist of mid east descent and do not want the heat from liberals for PROFILING. If they (the cops) keep this nonsense up and they (the perps) do not get caught soon, terrors cells all over North America are gonna start adopting this method and the body count is gonna go thru the roof. It's going to spread FAST. This is not some NUT NRA member. Which is what the media want it to be.

#2 A shooter is laying in the the prone shooting position in the back of a covered pick up truck. Shooting thru a peephole in the tailgate.

#3 The other guy is the calm getaway driver and lookout.

#4 They always park the truck with the bed facing the target. Its not camper type cover, that would draw attention from the cops. They are looking for a van.

#5 The lookout gets out of the vehicle and not only watches the surrounding area. But tells the shooter when its clear to pull the trigger via cell phone.

#6 The bed of the truck has a flat canopy. It is well insulated to keep the sound at a mininum. The direction of the suppressed sound is difficult to pinpoint.

#7 After the shoot, the driver calmly goes back to the truck and obeying the all traffic laws drive away while listening to the police chatter on scanners.

explanation: This is how I would do it, if I were a bad guy.