Posted on 04/17/2013 7:25:00 AM PDT by Nachum
The FBI has begun to send pictures and other data from the crime-scene investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing to law-enforcement agencies around the country, including an image of a shredded black backpack in which one of the devices may have been hidden. Reuters and the Associated Press managed to get copies of the unclassified bulletin and published a few of the images late in the evening, as did ABC:
that the bomb inside the backpack was an improvised explosive device (IED) made out of a common pressure cooker. ABC News had previously reported that law enforcement recovered mangled parts of a pressure cooker bomb that included wires, shrapnel and a circuit board.
The advisory said there was insufficient evidence to determine if the second explosive, which was also hidden in a backpack less than a block away, was made from a pressure cooker as well.
Authorities have not yet determined the fusing system for the devices or what exactly set them off, the advisory said. The blasts erupted at approximately 2:50 p.m. EST near the marathons finish line Monday afternoon killing three people including an 8-year-old boy and injuring more than 170 others. Authorities have no suspects in the case and no group, domestic or international, has taken responsibility for the attack.
I find that pretty curious, actually. Normally, terrorist groups use the media frenzy as a platform for their extremist agendas. Obviously the media interest wont fade away completely in the next couple of days, but the arc of media coverage will begin to wane significantly as normal news coverage returns. Why wait to make the agenda for the attack known rather than take advantage of the short-lived terror it caused?
CBS has more of the images, and the FBIs call for more:
(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...
I did...and i did.
maybe a little blow when you could afford it
Believe this is the one ... politico was saying suspect was ID. I did not follow after that point.
Here is link ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3008636/posts
My apology everyone. Report is received ricin in two separate letters out of Memphis (may have Memphis wrong)
I did, too, damn me.
Yeah, pretty hard to find these days ... unless you're in your bath robe sitting in front of your computer!
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%22pressure+cooker%22&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%22pressure+cooker%22Showing 1 - 16 of 3,050 Results ... Order in the next 2 hours and get it by Thursday, Apr 18.
Of course, a careful bomb-maker would be well advised to stick with brick-and-mortar, or even better, garage sales.
That is quite some list you have there. Brings to mind Alamo Girl’s Six Degrees of Clinton we worked so hard on in the late 90’s. Thanks for your diligence.
That's a tall order. The credit card company won't have the data. They'll just have the merchant, the timestamp, the amount, and whatever approval code they issued. They won't have the list of what you bought. All they will have is the establishment's SIC code, e.g., 5719 Miscellaneous Home Furnishings Store.
The store might or might not have data at the item level in their computer. If they do, then it would link back to the means of payment. If a credit card was used, there would be the time stamp, the card brand, and the approval code. The full card detail would have been wiped to comply with credit card security requirements, the data being no longer required to complete the transaction. To identify the buyer, an investigator would have to go back to the card company and get them to retrieve the transaction.
Also, if the transaction were relatively recent, the store might still have video, assuming they have a security system.
This is why I’d never sign up for programs like MyLowes.
Thanks :)
“Ive now seen another photo of this guy, and there is another guy standing next to him. Both have sand colored cargo pants and blue sweatshirts. And both have a dark backpack...and they both seem involved in trying to hear their earpieces (holding their hand to their ears).
Ive concluded that these two are probably race personnel...maybe medics or security.”
Those 2 guys are wearing, I think 5.11 cargo pants and 5.11 jackets - or a similar brand that cops/FBI/&c. wear. It’s great equipment for working in the yard.
Pretty standard issue these days for staying tactical, but trying to be a little low key. Those guys are classic low-key security.
Too bad they didn’t see what was right in front of them, but that might not have been what they were there for. I would like to see if and where they moved to.
just a test, to see if you guys are alert....yes, ok, but who cooks with a pressure cooker....better yet, who cooks?
A pressure device, would have to certified, and the details should be stamped on the cooker....
It's said to be a Fagor model, made in Spain. Here is an example with UL and CE certifications and pressure ratings:
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