From the information I got about this, This isn’t a couple of olive skinned tourists doing tourists stuff. This was obvious surveillence for future action.
The activities were such that had I observed them I would have detained them and conducted an investigation.
Can’t give more than that.
The activities were such that had I observed them I would have detained them and conducted an investigation.
Can’t give more than that.
An essential, crucial perspective; thanks very much for posting. One concern of mine is that these two were apparently doing this over the course of multiple days and multiple trips, and to such an obviously suspicious degree that numerous presumably-Liberal Seattleites were so frightened by their behaviors that they were reported numerous times. Their behaviors were so obvious that a State employee felt suitably justified in taking a broad-daylight, full-frontal photo of them while they were looking directly at, and presumably identifying, the photographer.
This suggests to me that these guys are either amateurs, they are intentionally trying to attract attention for political reasons (like the "flying Imams" flap) or they are trying to divert attention (and resources) from others who are doing the 'actual' surveillance.
Also, if it takes such obvious, blatant behaviors as these to gain suspicion, how many other more professional operatives are currently surveilling the ferries or other potential targets, and have not been discovered because they are actually being covert, discreet and 'professional' about their activities?
Although I am of course delighted that these two are FINALLY being pursued, I remain concerned that it took so very long and so many complaints to get the ball rolling on this.