[Cindy]

http://www.wmur.com/news/23474961/detail.html

NEW HAMPSHIRE NEWS

“Portsmouth Chief: Bus Standoff Not ‘Terrorist-Related Event’
Man’s Surrender Brings End To 9-Hour Standoff”

POSTED: 11:58 am EDT May 6, 2010
UPDATED: 11:31 pm EDT May 6, 2010

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. —

SNIPPET: “Portsmouth Police Chief David Ferland said investigators would not have specific information to release on the man or the incident until noon Friday. But he said there was no reason to believe the incident was connected to terrorism.

“We do not believe this to be a terrorist-related event,” he said. “We are considering this to be a localized event only.””

[DoorGunner]

Portland Police Chief James Craig said publicly last month that one of his primary goals for 2010 is to dismantle two established gangs in Maine’s biggest city - one made up primarily of young Somali men and the other composed of young Asians.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_8045/is_20100206/ai_n49424747/pg_2/

[Never on my watch]

“We do not believe this to be a terrorist-related event,” he said. “We are considering this to be a localized event only.””

So the template now is: If it is not terrorism it is 'localism'?

Well then, they have to let us know if it is Domestic Localism, an International Localism plot, or Lone-wolf-Man-Made-Disaster-Localist.

[lonevoice]

“Portsmouth Police Chief David Ferland said investigators would not have specific information to release on the man or the incident until noon Friday..."

Thanks for maintaining this thread and posting the updates. Now we know there was no bomb. And, now we know two passengers are being arraigned today, but we don't know what the charges are. Still waiting to hear who the camo-pants man is, what his nationality is, and what his motive was for engaging in a 9-hour standoff with local, state, and federal law enforcement. Police Chief Ferland promised to release specific information on the man and the incident at noon today. A half hour from now, we should have some answers. Maybe.