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Mysterious ex-con draws comparison to Jason Bourne
SF Gate/AP ^ | 6/26/2010 | Thomas Watkins

Posted on 06/26/2010 7:41:17 PM PDT by Saije

Authorities came upon a startling and mysterious scene when they showed up at a luxury apartment in Los Angeles in April while investigating a call about a gas odor.

The door was barricaded. A cache of loaded weapons, including an AK-47, sat next to a mosaic depicting the CIA seal. They found equipment for counterfeiting money. High-powered binoculars were trained on the U.S. Federal Reserve building next door.

What followed was a six-week hunt for a suspect who had slipped out of the fire escape moments earlier and whose evasiveness drew comparisons to fictional agent Jason Bourne.

Police would eventually find their man, Brian Alexik, hiding out in his girlfriend's apartment less than a mile from where he fled. But three weeks on, detectives are still trying to figure out just who he is, what plot they may have thwarted and whether he was a lone wolf or part of a larger group.

Alexik clammed up soon after he was arrested and his trail has been harder to follow because he used at least two fake names.

The 34-year-old is originally from Edison, N.J., detectives said. In 1996, he was convicted in Middlesex County on a drug-dealing charge. Five years later, he pleaded guilty to theft by deception and was sentenced to 180 days in jail, five years probation and had to pay $1,000 in restitution to a business.

Investigators are scouring his computer hard drives and studying the alarming contents of his penthouse as they attempt to unravel the mystery.

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


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 201004; alexik; brianalexik; cia; ciaseal; crime; federalreserve; isolatedicidents; isolatedincidents; jasonbourne; losangeles; newjersey
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Whatever he was doing it wasn't something good.
1 posted on 06/26/2010 7:41:25 PM PDT by Saije
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To: Saije

Jason Bourne was a mile away at his GF’s pad...puhleeze..


2 posted on 06/26/2010 7:45:56 PM PDT by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: Saije

If he’s a “lone wolf” and he’s a Muslim - Homeland Security will protect all Muslims from being “painted with a broad brush”.

If he’s a “lone wolf” and he’s a liberal or member of a liberal hate group - it’s a non- story. Might be mentally ill - or just “care too much”.

If he’s a “lone wolf” and he’s conservative then ALL conservatives are nuts and violent and Rush Limbaugh should be strung up. Homeland Security will declare he’s only one of many - and all conservatives are just like him...


3 posted on 06/26/2010 7:47:20 PM PDT by GOPJ (http://www.portpublishing.com/Computer%20Based/retaildetailgmsea.htm)
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To: Saije

They know his name, hometown, criminal background and social circles he traveled but they consider him a mystery? What am I missing?


4 posted on 06/26/2010 7:47:31 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax, you earn it, you keep it! www.FairTaxNation.com)
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To: Saije
They found equipment for counterfeiting money. High-powered binoculars were trained on the U.S. Federal Reserve building next door.

Perhaps he was checking out his competition?

5 posted on 06/26/2010 7:48:43 PM PDT by OCC
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To: Saije

If the AK was the only high-powered rifle there, forget about any long-distance assassination being planned. That’s not what you would go with.


6 posted on 06/26/2010 7:48:56 PM PDT by OldPossum
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To: Man50D
What am I missing?

That's LameStreamese for "they found info on his computer linking him to AQ or such and we want to bury it, but the boss made us write the story on a slow news day?"

7 posted on 06/26/2010 7:53:13 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (3(0|\|0/\/\1($ 101: (4P174L1$/\/\ R3QU1r3$ (4P174L. Could it be any more simple?)
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To: Saije

What’s his moslem name?


8 posted on 06/26/2010 8:00:52 PM PDT by Realman30 (If 10% is good enough for Jesus, it ought to be enough for Uncle Sam.)
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To: OldPossum
Yes, but what kind of AK-47 was it?


9 posted on 06/26/2010 8:02:14 PM PDT by bornred
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To: Man50D

Maybe it takes the sting out of admitting that it took them 3 weeks to find him at his girlfriend’s house.


10 posted on 06/26/2010 8:05:48 PM PDT by ransomnote
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To: Man50D
They only know parts of his story, and apparently not the most interesting parts.

his trail has been harder to follow because he used at least two fake names

11 posted on 06/26/2010 8:07:05 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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"Yes, but what kind of AK-47 was it?"

That's one of the funniest things I have seen in my life. You could do the same for "high powered rifle".

12 posted on 06/26/2010 8:11:48 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: Man50D

Sounds like he is imitating Obama and authorities are playing along, just like with Obama.


13 posted on 06/26/2010 8:12:31 PM PDT by charlie72
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To: bornred

LOL


14 posted on 06/26/2010 8:14:55 PM PDT by VTenigma
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To: Man50D

“They know his name, hometown, criminal background and social circles he traveled but they consider him a mystery? What am I missing?”

Nothing. Here is the, ahem, money shot of the writer’s fantasy.

“At a recent court hearing he appeared in a blue jail jumpsuit, his brown hair dyed to a coppery orange color and swept back across his head.”

One has to conclude that using meth and knowing a few people “in cosmetics” only enhances his reputation as a super sexy spy. It is SF after all... and the girlfriend got zero attention.


15 posted on 06/26/2010 8:24:15 PM PDT by cpanter
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To: bornred
tooo damn funny... sad, but true
16 posted on 06/26/2010 8:25:02 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
They found equipment for counterfeiting money. High-powered binoculars were trained on the U.S. Federal Reserve building next door.
Ron Paul supporter?
17 posted on 06/26/2010 8:41:02 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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To: SunkenCiv

*oddity* here...


18 posted on 06/26/2010 8:42:27 PM PDT by hennie pennie
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To: Man50D

“They know his name, hometown, criminal background and social circles he traveled but they consider him a mystery? What am I missing?”

Nothing. Here is the, ahem, money shot of the writer’s fantasy.

“At a recent court hearing he appeared in a blue jail jumpsuit, his brown hair dyed to a coppery orange color and swept back across his head.”

One has to conclude that using meth and knowing a few people “in cosmetics” only enhances his reputation as a super sexy spy. It is SF after all... and the girlfriend got zero attention.


19 posted on 06/26/2010 8:46:51 PM PDT by cpanter
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He is found at his girl friends apartment?

He has a public defender instead of a lawyer?

He didn't pay his electric bill or rent?

Getting evicted?

A slick, mysterious secret agent type guy?

Right.

20 posted on 06/26/2010 9:07:33 PM PDT by dragnet2
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