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Former FBI agents on mail bombs: Don't rule out 'false flag' or nonpolitical motive
Washington Examiner ^ | Oct. 26, 2018

Posted on 10/26/2018 7:15:58 AM PDT by deplorableindc

Former FBI agents have warned against jumping to conclusions about why mail bombs were sent to President Trump's political enemies.

While speculation about the reason the packages were mailed this week runs from an effort to murder the addressees to a "false flag" campaign to damage Republicans ahead of the midterm election, experienced investigators say it is is difficult to deduce much about the bombmaker or his or her motive based on available public details.

Often, they caution, motives are not what they at first appear.

“I wouldn't eliminate Republican leanings or Democratic leanings. The bottom line is, it is a political message that someone is sending out,” said 35-year FBI veteran James Wedick. "You have to ask, 'What message was being sent?'”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bombs; fbi; mailbombs
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1 posted on 10/26/2018 7:15:58 AM PDT by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc

There is a chance the answer could be “garden variety kook”.


2 posted on 10/26/2018 7:17:15 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: deplorableindc

From the Dems to the USA: WE will try anything to gain votes, even if it makes us look like total morons.


3 posted on 10/26/2018 7:17:56 AM PDT by madison10
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To: deplorableindc

Impossible..it’s non-political.
They are all dims that are the target..


4 posted on 10/26/2018 7:18:54 AM PDT by Leep (A)
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To: deplorableindc

I thought it was a Democrat false flag but the longer this goes on I’m starting to think that this is a brilliant reverse false flag by conservatives.


5 posted on 10/26/2018 7:19:44 AM PDT by fightin kentuckian
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To: deplorableindc

Ah....the motive of the attacker remains unclear.


6 posted on 10/26/2018 7:20:48 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: deplorableindc

The current FBI will not tell US if these are all non-functional devices that just look like bombs.

I have no confidence in this FBI.

I haven’t had any confidence in them since they shot Randy Weaver’s wife while she was holding her baby.


7 posted on 10/26/2018 7:21:04 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Better chance it is John Brennan and his boys stirring up trouble.

It’s what they do.


8 posted on 10/26/2018 7:22:13 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: deplorableindc

Here is the deal:

If a conservative did this, the bombs would have been more like a working bomb.

If a conservative did this, the spellings would have been correct.

If a conservative wanted to send a message, then a message would be attached to the bombs, saying “next time, these will be real”

Other than a mentally ill person, I cannot see how a conservative did this.


9 posted on 10/26/2018 7:22:44 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi (The Democratic Party is now a hate-mob)
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To: deplorableindc

It’s funny how they call these people Trump enemies. Trump’s enemies are Schumer, Pelosi, Swalwell, Schiff, Senator Warner, Shep Cavuto, any Sanctuary City Mayor. In sum, none of these people got the cartoonish libtard packages saying ‘git ur dun’ and a bunch of people that may yet be defendants in cases, but have no power to do anything unless a bureaucrat is willing to take on crimininal liability for them some day, did. An obvious hoax.


10 posted on 10/26/2018 7:22:56 AM PDT by major-pelham
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To: deplorableindc

The more packages sent the easier it’ll be to find the sender/senders ,only if the “I’m With Her” FBI stays away


11 posted on 10/26/2018 7:23:03 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Leep
Impossible..it’s non-political. They are all dims that are the target..

If a garden variety kook watches mainstream media those will be the important people's names he sees all the time.


12 posted on 10/26/2018 7:23:16 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: deplorableindc

You know what, this whole operation is bush league. The person or persons are total amateurs and should be caught easily and quickly.

IF they are not, then that speaks more to political awareness/opportunism by someone. A lone kook doing this should be very easy to find.


13 posted on 10/26/2018 7:24:13 AM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
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To: fightin kentuckian

The odds of that are extremely low. Conservatives are facing huge gains in the midterms and would have nothing to gain.

More importantly, conservatives don’t send bombs to people. It’s strictly a progressivist behavior.


14 posted on 10/26/2018 7:24:17 AM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: deplorableindc; Howie66; rodguy911; Kaslin; ransomnote; hoosiermama; raiderboy; mosaicwolf; ...

Dan Bongino’s take on the bomb hoax:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1055617705774968832.html?utm_source=email&utm_medium=alert&utm_campaign=internal


15 posted on 10/26/2018 7:25:37 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Erik Latranyi

And the bombs would have worked.

Sheesh, when they put a fake flag sticker on the thing, how much more obvious can it be?


16 posted on 10/26/2018 7:26:06 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: deplorableindc

I’d consider the list of targets to be a list of suspects.


17 posted on 10/26/2018 7:31:19 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy
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To: deplorableindc

Attacks that I’ve thought of during this is the supposed false flag (per FBI) the Anthrax Attacks, & the bombings by Luke Helder (nutcase Smiley Face Bomber) & by Austin Bomber (supposed right wing). They found Luke Helder quickly, Anthrax guy took years, & still not definitive since he killed himself when named. If they are being honest & working hard, one would think within weeks, but I cannot trust them when it very likely can be liberal doing it to effect the election.


18 posted on 10/26/2018 7:31:28 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

It could also be a kid


19 posted on 10/26/2018 7:34:05 AM PDT by McGavin999 ("The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood."Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

There is a chance the answer could be “garden variety kook”.

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If it’s a garden variety kook, and they are apolitical but deranged, then they would be mailing bombs to someone who bullied them or an ex.
If they were a kook and political, then they would send them to any politician who ever made them mad regardless of strict party lines or political level. The local animal warden would get one for telling him to bring his loud animal inside after 10pm, or a certain far away governor would get one because they were at the forefront of a specific issue that this kook was obsessed about.

No, this isn’t an unhinged kook, and it’s definitely not apolitical. They are targeting everyone that would make Trump look by association.

This article is blatantly false. I good criminal profiler would easily spot the pattern.


20 posted on 10/26/2018 7:34:20 AM PDT by z3n
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