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NBC’s David Bloom reported late Monday that authorities now say the seizure of the van and the two men taken into custody was a sideshow. But inside a building near police headquarters in Rockville, Md., two phone numbers known only to the sniper were being routed into the task force headquarters. The sniper called police using a disguised voice, which sources said was only about 25 percent audible. Police apparently have tried to communicate with the sniper three times after reportedly receiving a letter from the gunman following Saturday’s shooting. NBC’s Bloom reports that it was Saturday’s shooting in Ashland, Va., that opened the door to direct talks. That night, the sniper left behind an expansive note in the woods — a letter sources said includes the exact language of the sniper’s earlier tarot card message to police.

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‘A VERY DIFFICULT TIME’ An investigator who read the lengthy message from the gunman told Bloom that the contents indicate “this could be a very difficult time we are about to go through.” The letter was found in woods behind the steakhouse, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Monday, quoting unidentified law enforcement sources. The newspaper also said police have found more than one tarot card during the investigation. Only one tarot card, found near the shooting of a student at a school in Bowie, Md., had been reported until now.