The FBI is asking for the public's help two identify two men who have been seen acting strangely aboard Washington State ferries recently. Posted on 08/20/2007 5:47:34 PM PDT by Sopater
The FBI is asking for the public's help two identify two men who have been seen acting strangely aboard Washington State ferries recently.
According to federal agents, passengers have seen the men on several occasions exhibiting unusual behavior. The FBI did not say precisely what that unusual behavior entailed.
Anyone who knows the men or there whereabouts are asked to call the FBI at (206) 622-0460.
Gosh guys. They look jewish to me. Maybe even Italian or Greek.
LMAO!!!
Thanks for posting :-)
They’re discussing this right now on Hannity & Colmes with
Mark Furman.
Eyebrow Colmes is insuating that they don’t deserve to be reported for just taking photos .... awwwww.
FBI said they had a more than average interest in the working of the ferry ... more than 1 ferry, more than 1 run on each, taking pics of the parts of the boat and layout and workings of the ferries.
http://www.komotv.com/news/local/9298741.html
FBI agents are working through tons of tips they received after releasing a photo of two men who they say were acting suspiciously aboard Washington state ferries.
Publicizing the photo of men who haven’t been accused of a crime was an unusual move by the FBI. Officials with the Bureau say they just want to talk to the two men.
The State Patrol says investigators started by showing the pictures to ferry workers, Then they showed them at a fire and police training exercise.
With no new leads, they decided to get all the ferry riders involved by publicizing the photos and asking, “do you know who these men are?”
Onboard the ferries, there’s mixed reaction.
When the Bainbridge ferry pulls away from the dock, the cameras come out.
There’s the family from London, “seeing the lovely views and trying to get the daily life of Seattle.” The man who used to live here snaps photos and says, “It’s just a chance to have something to remember things by.”
And scores of other tourists and travelers.
But in the last month, there were also the two men in the FBI photos. The FBI won’t say if two were taking pictures - just that the two were unusually interested in the size of the boats, how they work, and the docking procedures.
They were spotted on different ferry runs on different days over a period of four to six weeks.
The men appear to be of middle eastern decent, and the FBI admits there is profiling here — but they insist it’s not racial profiling.
“We’re looking at the behavior,” said FBI spokeswoman Robbie Burroughs. “If you’d like to say we’re profiling particular behavior, I’d be comfortable with that. Because this is behavior people felt uncomfortable with.
“And this is what we’re asking people to do. To be on the lookout for things they feel are unusual or suspicious.”
Ferry rider Kersas Dastur was taking pictures on board and says he sometimes gets second looks from people.
“I gotta be honest, 50 percent of the people look suspicious,” he said. “People think I look suspicious. I’m in the US military. I’m not suspicious.”
The release of the photo has angered many in the Muslim community.
“These men look like Arabs,” said Aziz Junejo. “What most people would personify as a so-called terrorist and the fear that our government is putting into people right now.”
The FBI insists that it’s not trying to scare anyone and that they just want to talk to the two men and move on, and Aziz and Bureau officials agree that federal agents have developed an excellent relationship with the Muslim community.
But, as far as we know, agents never took the photos directly to anyone in the Muslim community to ask for help.
Instead, they’re now asking anyone with information to call their tip line at 206-622-0460.
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I note the snarky comment in the next to last paragraph .. lol .. jeeze. Oh, CAIR ... are you on standby?
That's to be expected, that Colmes will instantly paint them as victims of The Bush War Machine....even if they are caught with a backpack full of C-4, Colmes will say that it was planted on them by Those Jackbooted Republicans.
I don't get cable at the stoat cave, and so if you wouldn't mind posting any additional juicy tidbits from the Hannity / Colmes program I would sincerely appreciate it :-)
Ummm no, Aziz, it's the fear that ARABS and people who look like ARABS are putting into us. If it were people from Finland who were behind 9/11 and if the Finns were as uptight and unhelpful and non-forthcoming as Muslims are about the terrorist threat, then then the Finns would be causing the same level of fear, and rightfully so.
I just happened to catch his portion of the interview. Typically, I turn him off ... cannot stomach him .. LOL.
Thanks for the update STARWISE.
I appreciate it.
Of course not! That might actually accomplish something.
Well...yeah, lol!
Hmmmmmmmmmm.
(and thanks for the ping)
Ah, thanks for clarifying. I really wish the FBI would have done the same instead of saying the men were simply “acting suspicious” with elaborating.
Perhaps they were only interested in piloting the ferries and were not interested in departing or docking.hmmmm?
Interesting...very interesting.
Right...and we don’t need to know, either.
The suspicious characters were also taking pictures of stairwells, not exactly tourist stuff. Furman told Colmes that of course they are profiling, because they are watching for anyone who fits the profile of those who committed the 9/11 attack.
Later in the same show, Colmes entirely lost it, when Michael Steele was saying that Hillary is starting to change her statements regarding Iraq because she knows that if she gets into the Whitehouse, she won’t be bringing the troops home any time soon. It was funny, Colmes tried to cut off Steele by asking a question of Lanny Davis, while the camera was still on Steele. You couldn’t understand a word that Colmes was saying and when the camera came back to him, the look on his face was about as angry as I have ever seen him.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003848101_webferry22m.html?syndication=rss
Ferry evacuated at Seattle dock after suspicious package found
By Christina Siderius
Seattle Times staff reporter
A suspicious package on the state ferry Puyallup caused an evacuation and delay this morning at Colman Dock in Seattle.
Trooper Cliff Pratt, of the Washington State Patrol’s bomb squad, said a crew member discovered a package rolled in carpet in the ferry bathroom earlier this morning.
Pratt said it was possible remnants of a bomb that had not functioned correctly, but it has been removed and passengers are being allowed back on the ferry after about an hourlong delay.
The ferry is up and running now, said a spokesperson for Washington State Ferries.
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