Posted on 03/07/2008 3:57:24 AM PST by I_Love_My_Husband
AP 'We Did It' letters eyed in NY bombing
By MATT APUZZO, Associated Press Writer 16 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - Capitol Hill offices received letters Thursday containing a photo of the Times Square military recruiting office before it was bombed and including the claim "We Did It." ADVERTISEMENT
The manila envelopes contained a photo of a man standing in front of the recruiting station before it was bombed. The photo was the kind commonly sent as a holiday greeting card, according to a Democratic aide who spoke on condition of anonymity because the matter is under investigation.
The message on the card: "Happy New Year, We Did It."
The envelope also contained a packet of approximately 10 sheets of paper that seemed to be a political manifesto railing against the Iraq war and a booklet. The aide didn't know what the booklet was. A second aide, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said similar letters arrived in as many as 10 offices.
Capitol Police, FBI and U.S. Postal Inspection Service were investigating. In an e-mail to lawmakers, Capitol Police said the envelopes went through the standard security process. That process, which involves radiating incoming mail, can easily take a week or more, making it likely the letters were mailed well ahead of the bombing.
The small bomb caused minor damage to the New York military recruiting station before dawn Thursday and police were searching for a hooded bicyclist seen on a surveillance video pedaling away.
Each envelope was stamped with two $1 stamps and contained a white label with a return address, which the police did not identify in the e-mail. Police said the letters were safe and did not contain threats to lawmakers.
The man in the photo was thin, white with graying hair, wearing a striped flannel shirt and jeans, the Democratic aide said. A law enforcement official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case is ongoing, confirmed some of the contents of the letters as described by the aide.
The Associated Press obtained a copy of an e-mail sent from the office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to other lawmakers Thursday that reads:
"A few offices on the House side have received a letter today addressed to 'Members of Congress' with a picture of a man standing in front of the Times Square recruiting station that was bombed in New York today with the statement 'We did it.' He is standing in front of it with his arms spread out and he's attached his political manifesto."
The blast left a gaping hole in the front window and shattered a glass door, twisting and blackening its metal frame. No one was hurt, but Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the device, though unsophisticated, could have caused "injury and even death."
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Associated Press writers Erica Werner and Devlin Barrett contributed to this report.
Do we know the name of the ‘person of interest’ because I am still interested...LOL
He’s nobody. Some stupid guy in California.
But it wouldn't surprise me...all that much
My question is that these letters were postmarked 2/28.
Did these Democrat congresscritters have advance knowledge something would happen and say NOTHING?????
If an abortion clinic were bombed and 10 GOP members had such a letter sent them weeks before the event, the Dems would demand hearings!
I say the GOP should demand hearings. What did the Democrats know and when did they know it?
You rascal!
Can we fix it?
Yes, We Can!
We Did it!
I did:
This was an act of domestic terrorism and the perps should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!
Malkin has a ‘special report’ up on this topic:
(going back to reading it)
If that happened, the person would already be tried, convicted and executed by now and a new law passed banning all males from 1000 feet of a clinic.
What did the Democrats know and when did they know it?
This is far more serious than “Foleygate”.
They are the Democrat far left base. They are not anarchists.
TRUE anarchists would’ve condemned both major parties.
Anyone know if the letters were postmarked?
I don’t think anyone has been clear on that all day!
Here is a report from a little while ago:
FBI searches Hollywood home in NY blast probe but no link found
http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_8492013
WE DID IT guy free after FBI questioning. of course.
IT is a political spectrum, some leftists are closer to anarchism than traditional democrats are.
What part of “Make Love Not Bombs” doesn’t he get?
Old hippies never die, they just become terrorists...
It'll be OK!! Norm wears plaid flannel shirts, not stripes. And he's portly, not thin....
Army: Bombing of N.Y. Recruiters was a “fruitless effort”
(CAT MOY; MoveAmericaForward)
Move America Forward | March 8, 2008 | Catherine Moy
Posted on 03/08/2008 7:59:31 PM PST by Syncro
Sahttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982733/posts
Four times more crime in Oslo than New York
Aftenposten.com | 07 Mar 2008
Posted on 03/08/2008 9:21:10 PM PST by rdl6989
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