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Boston bombing update: The guys in the feds’ surveillance video probably aren’t who you think
Hotair ^ | 04/18/2013 | AllahPundit

Posted on 04/18/2013 10:12:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The FBI is (finally!) going to release the footage that everyone’s been clamoring for later today. If you’ve read the New York Post this morning, you probably think you know who the guys in the video will be. You’re probably wrong. I watched an interview on Erin Burnett’s show last night with Fran Townsend (I think it was her), who’d seen photos of the suspects circulated by cops; CNN refused to air the pics but it was abundantly clear from her description that it’s the same two guys in the Post’s story today. If you followed Reddit’s marathon photo sleuthing yesterday, you knew instantly watching that interview who she meant. There were at least five or six different shots of them near the finish line being scrutinized on Reddit — one of them wore a white cap and bulging black backpack, the other a blue track suit with a sagging duffel bag. I went to bed last night thinking that’s who’d be in the video released today.

But apparently I’m wrong. The administrator of the Reddit sleuthing thread posted an alert this morning urging people to back off. Quote:

This is what you call a witch hunt media, for god sake.

The two males we’re talking about are the one in a black jumper/hoody with a white hat, and his friend in a blue track jacket. There are multiple news sites releasing their information and/or Facebook pages, this is disgusting and will not be tolerated here, no links to these stories are allowed.

Please report any posts regarding personal information on these two, they will be removed and the user will be permanently banned. All previous links to these two are being removed.

We are not waiting for them to be officially cleared, one of the men has contacted the police to try and clear his name. Please understand that the FBI now knows who they are, so our posts now have no purpose. If the situation changes then people can make new posts. It’s not our job to keep their information out there, people are innocent until proven guilty – not the other way around.

I can’t find any news stories confirming that yet but, given the site’s prominence, the Reddit editor may have been contacted by someone who knows something begging them to halt the speculation. I noticed that Newsweek editor Michael Moynihan was also tweeting skeptically about the two guys in the photo this morning and e-mailed him to ask why he thinks they’re innocent. Answer: He found their Facebook pages last night and says it seemed pretty clear from the volume of material about track and field, along with lots of other innocuous crap, that they’re unlikely to be the culprits. They were probably just there watching the race because they’re into long-distance running. Obviously he can’t be sure, but reasonable doubt suggests maybe not putting them on the front page of a major tabloid until the feds speak up. In fact, a reporter from CBS has already claimed this morning that the two guys on the Post’s cover aren’t the guys the feds are looking for.

And yet, these obviously were the guys in the photos being shown to the media last night, per the CNN interview. So why were cops spreading them around if there aren’t even the main suspects? Maybe there was a miscommunication with the feds, or maybe it’s part of an effort to run down anyone who looked even a little “suspicious.” From yesterday’s NYT:

The videos also showed at least a handful of others whom the authorities want to question, either because of what they appear to be doing in the video or their proximity to the blasts, a senior law enforcement official said…

The official said the authorities were trying to boil down the number of people of interest in the videos and would then decide whether to ask the public’s help in locating them…

The official added: “There are several videos with people in them, and we’re looking to talk to more than one guy. It’s still very squishy but there are a lot of interesting people” the authorities want to talk to.

According to the LA Times, there are two men on the surveillance video who’ve piqued investigators’ curiosity (“The men were singled out because of their demeanor and the way in which they reacted to the bomb blasts”), but as I say, they’re probably not White Cap and Track Suit. Those latter two were likely noticed because of their bags, their proximity to the blast site, and, let’s face it, the fact that they appear Middle Eastern. If the Boston Globe is correct, though, then the bags don’t match either. They claim that the surveillance video shows each man carrying a black bag; the bag carried by Track Suit in the Post’s photo is blue.

Anyway, we’ll know soon. Expect a new thread ASAP after the footage is released; I’m eager to see if the real suspects ended up in any of the photos online. Exit question about something that’s been bothering me for two days: If the bomb really was in that bag in the fourth photo here, how did it not dislodge the mailbox next to it? It’s a foot away and had enough power to take people’s limbs off. I know mailboxes are sturdy, but that sturdy? The bomb must have been somewhere else nearby, no?


TOPICS: Front Page News; US: Massachusetts; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: bombing; boston; bostonmarathon; bostonmarathonattack; bostonsuspects; marathon; terrorism; terroristattack
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To: snowstorm12

The bag by the mailbox wasn’t the bomb.

The bomb was on the other side of the fence beside the tree.

It’s easy to see if you look at the after pictures.

The fence is wrapped around the mailbox.

Had the bomb been in front of the fence it would have blown the fence back away from the mailbox not wrapped it around the mailbox.

They are looking for someone that was standing/walking beside the tree.


21 posted on 04/18/2013 10:34:47 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: SeekAndFind

Somebody on Reddit got something wrong? Impossible!


22 posted on 04/18/2013 10:37:52 AM PDT by Cyber Liberty (I am a dissident. Will you join me? My name is John....)
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To: Alberta's Child

We are so being hoodwinked by the government/MSM cabal it’s sickening.


23 posted on 04/18/2013 10:38:10 AM PDT by huckfillary (qual tyo ta)
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To: Mamzelle
I'm betting they swept it earlier and then went away. Came back when people started hitting the finish line and walked away again.....But there's lotsa people in the way. They sure didn't send the dogs into the crowd.

And the bombers watched....then moved....

We need better technology or we have to inspect incoming folks just like at a ball game. They would have gotten caught.

24 posted on 04/18/2013 10:43:10 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: DesertRhino
[Obama bowed again.]

Bowed? He detailed the sheik's Rolls Royce.

25 posted on 04/18/2013 10:46:38 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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To: Alberta's Child
Nope...right on top of the grate near the tree...that would account for that barrier bent around the mailbox.......

Folks were really engaged at that point.

We're probably talking 1 minute from the drop until the explosion. We're not good observers.

26 posted on 04/18/2013 10:46:39 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Perdogg

If my pants were blown up, I’d be running too.


27 posted on 04/18/2013 10:49:50 AM PDT by demshateGod (The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.)
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To: DesertRhino

“The Saudi in the hospital is connected to terror. He has 5 or 6 family members in Gitmo.”

That is based on a single report by Walid Shoebat, which itself is, on its face, based on nothing more than the guy’s last name, Al-Harbi. Which happens to be one of the most common last names (e.g., clans) in Saudi Arabia. It would be like saying that John Smith is linked to criminals because there are a bunch of Smiths in prison. Without more than just the last name, it’s a pretty weak “connection.”


28 posted on 04/18/2013 10:52:03 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Mamzelle; Sacajaweau

I know they were used AFTER the attacks and did see them ‘going along buildings’ on TV yesterday.

http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2013/04/ri-state-police-explosive-sniffing-dogs-assisting-investigation-in-boston.html


29 posted on 04/18/2013 10:59:11 AM PDT by potlatch (~be content with small victories and simple pleasures~)
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To: SeekAndFind

30 posted on 04/18/2013 10:59:15 AM PDT by 11th_VA (DRONES DON'T KILL, CINCs KILL ...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bombs probably triggered by remote control radio rayher than cell phone (they used radio controlled toys system)


31 posted on 04/18/2013 11:05:16 AM PDT by cookcounty
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To: Doogle

And why aren’t we seeing ANY photos of the 2nd bomb site before the blast? We’re being played.


32 posted on 04/18/2013 11:08:41 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: SeekAndFind
Please report any posts regarding personal information on these two, they will be removed and the user will be permanently banned.

It doesn't suffice to remove the post and warn the offending poster?

Not even to suspend the offending poster?

Perma-ban?

Is it just me or does that look like they protestith a bit too much?

33 posted on 04/18/2013 11:10:41 AM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them. Gun confiscation enables tyranny.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Interesting interview in the linked article on the battery in the photo. Turns out it’s not a mass market item, and is designed for RC cars. A friend and I have been puzzling over that sparsely populated circuit board. It’s just about right for something designed for hobbyist use.


34 posted on 04/18/2013 11:24:03 AM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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To: DesertRhino

The least we can say is that nobama knows which side his bread is buttered on. I would hate him to be an ingrate to take their money buying the election and then not return the favor when his Saudi friends need it.


35 posted on 04/18/2013 11:45:30 AM PDT by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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To: DesertRhino

The least we can say is that nobama knows which side his bread is buttered on. I would hate him to be an ingrate to take their money buying the election and then not return the favor when his Saudi friends need it.


36 posted on 04/18/2013 11:46:13 AM PDT by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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To: null and void

Sure came across that way to me, too.

Too many involved with trying to keep nobama from looking like the traitor he is.


37 posted on 04/18/2013 11:51:17 AM PDT by X-spurt (Republic of Texas, Come and Take It!)
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To: ArmstedFragg; Steve_Seattle
Interesting interview in the linked article on the battery in the photo. Turns out it’s not a mass market item, and is designed for RC cars. A friend and I have been puzzling over that sparsely populated circuit board. It’s just about right for something designed for hobbyist use.

This thread:

Battery Manufacturer Contacts FBI - No reply
www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3009386/​posts
Was pulled.
38 posted on 04/18/2013 1:00:45 PM PDT by null and void (Republicans create the tools of oppression and Democrats use them. Gun confiscation enables tyranny.)
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To: SeekAndFind

39 posted on 04/18/2013 1:08:19 PM PDT by lonevoice (Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
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To: SeekAndFind

Just heard a report on ABC radio news that the video the FBI will be releasing has not been previously distributed.


40 posted on 04/18/2013 1:09:35 PM PDT by lonevoice (Today I broke my personal record for most consecutive days lived)
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