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Boston bomber 'is trapped by his phone': FBI 'use phone records to identify suspect
Daily Mail ^ | April 17, 2013 | Rachel Quigley

Posted on 04/17/2013 4:32:04 PM PDT by plain talk

The FBI said there has been 'substantial progress' in the Boston bombing investigation after they analyzed surveillance footage shot from a nearby department store which showed a man planting the second bomb. Investigators said the individual is seen at the site of the second explosion wearing a black jacket, a grey hooded sweatshirt and a white or off-color-white baseball cap backwards placing a back-pack on the ground while talking on his cellphone. The video obtained by the FBI captures this man using his cellphone at the moment the first explosion detonated 100 yards away on Boylston Street on Monday and 12 seconds before the second blast close to where he is standing. Federal agents then focused on the time-frame of that conversation to retrieve cell-phone records to identify potential callers according to CBS News. Call logs were then obtained through the cell phone masts surrounding the attack zone and using these, investigators matched up the users' identity with the time specific video and pictures to zero in on the individual.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: boston; bostonbombing; marathon; massachusetts; waronterror
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In all the photos being discussed on FR, did anybody recognize someone of this description:

“wearing a black jacket, a grey hooded sweatshirt and a white or off-color-white baseball cap backwards “


21 posted on 04/17/2013 4:58:04 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: plain talk
blue guy had a duffel - white hat guy had a backpack. Don't see why the media cant post this.
22 posted on 04/17/2013 4:58:36 PM PDT by azcap (Who is John Galt ? www.conservativeshirts.com)
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To: Jim Robinson
You damn well better believe I am. It’s not the Amish making these terrorists attacks world-wide. And it’s not American citizens.

Well yes and no. Being both un-PC and cynical, I believe a large percentage of naturalized muslims from many counties are faudulent "American Citizens," and totally supportive, if not directly questionable US residents.

23 posted on 04/17/2013 5:02:41 PM PDT by publius911 (Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
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To: azcap

The guy with the white ball cap does not look white to me. More lighter skinned Middle Eastern than white.


24 posted on 04/17/2013 5:02:57 PM PDT by Third Person (Welcome to Gaymerica.)
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To: D-fendr

no....


25 posted on 04/17/2013 5:03:06 PM PDT by cherry
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To: azcap

Because he’s not a white guy, so they are trying to hide the pic.


26 posted on 04/17/2013 5:03:40 PM PDT by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: azcap

Fairly common at a marathon. I would think whoever dropped off the bombs just kept on walking ... away


27 posted on 04/17/2013 5:04:17 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: Uncle Miltie
Where is his picture?

On the Oval Office desk?

28 posted on 04/17/2013 5:06:28 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
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To: catnipman

Yep. A disposable go-phone would work. Or better yet ... why use a cell phone at all? just agree to drop off the packages at a certain time, haul ass (slowly) and the ring leaders watch what happens on live TV


29 posted on 04/17/2013 5:08:10 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: plain talk

The dude in the white hat is shown in a lot of previous images with a large backpack that he doesn’t have anymore in that photo. There are tons of clear photos of the area before the explosion they are just not being shown on the regular media sites. Yes it’s a marathon and tons of people have backpack and duffels so why not show the photos so someone in the public could say “that’s the dude who bought a pressure cooker here last week” or “that’s my quiet keeps to himself neighbor” Most likely those dudes or whoever they are describing in their “we are looking for...” are already in custody and the feds are trying to find the rest of their cell and connections without alerting them to the fact that they have those guys.


30 posted on 04/17/2013 5:09:56 PM PDT by azcap (Who is John Galt ? www.conservativeshirts.com)
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To: publius911

The Times Square bomber was a naturalized American citizen. Doesn’t that warm the cockles of your heart?


31 posted on 04/17/2013 5:10:02 PM PDT by cradle of freedom (Long live the Republic !)
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To: Williams

You mean the guy in the Kevlar vest.. Who lost his hat in the commotion?


32 posted on 04/17/2013 5:12:19 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: azcap

These two fit all the puzzle pieces. Only problem is I don’t see either one on the phone in any of these pics. Might have just used phone during the bombing and that was it.


33 posted on 04/17/2013 5:13:47 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: azcap

yep. some good points. The people themselves could help crack this case. I am sure they bought those pressure cookers over here and not as checked luggage ... although I could not tell from the photos if it indicates enough info about the product and where it is likely sold.


34 posted on 04/17/2013 5:13:59 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: azcap

That guy had a black backpack... in this photo it’s gone or at his feet somewhere.

Notice most looking outward, he’s rather like “in the Zone”.


35 posted on 04/17/2013 5:14:00 PM PDT by caww
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To: azcap
Here's another I posted on another thread.. Exact drop zone here, 1.5 hrs. before 1st blast:

 photo hLyRaiO_zps6dafebe7.jpg

(Just to confuse things further) White hat/blue man are seen at bottom of photo in center, still walking together headed to other bomb area. There absolutely MUST be at LEAST two people involved in this attack. HAS to be.

36 posted on 04/17/2013 5:16:45 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: azcap

They traced his cell phone - and he had Jim Thompson and Sarah Palin on speed dial.

Tell me another.


37 posted on 04/17/2013 5:19:10 PM PDT by Jim Noble (When strong, avoid them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.)
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To: azcap
Sure looks like Ahmed and his cousin Mohamed to me.
38 posted on 04/17/2013 5:21:22 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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To: azcap
Are these the same guys?


39 posted on 04/17/2013 5:22:21 PM PDT by Girlene
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To: Third Person

My first instinct is that he looks Moroccan.


40 posted on 04/17/2013 5:23:19 PM PDT by robertwalker62
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