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If they have video of Boston bomb suspect, why not show the video?
4/17/2013 | dragnet2

Posted on 04/17/2013 2:54:43 PM PDT by dragnet2

Last reports indicated video of a suspect planting a device was obtained, but there is no ID on the suspect.

If they have no ID on the suspect, would not showing the video to the public possibly reveal who the suspect is? Would friends, family, acquaintances, co-workers or possibly his neighbors be able to ID the suspect?

It's already been announced world wide the video was obtained at one of the bomb sites in front of a retail shop. So it would not seem likely the investigation would be compromised, since the suspect himself would already know they had video of the devise being planted at the bomb site.

If the video was aired, wouldn't it be possible someone out there would be able to identify the suspect?

How could the investigation be compromised at this point, if airing the video could possibly help or assist in identifying the suspect/suspects before they could possible plant more devices?


TOPICS: FReeper Editorial; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: boston; bostonbomber; bostonbombing; marathon; movealong; nothingtoseehere; transparency; vanity
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To: Repeal The 17th

Jacket on over hoodie. Hood draped over shoulder and not on head. Hat on head. You CAN wedge a hat tightly over a hoodie in up position. That would yield maximum incognito.


41 posted on 04/17/2013 3:23:33 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (PRISON AT BENGHAZI?????)
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To: a fool in paradise

Could it be that “if Obama had a son, he’d look like the Boston Bomber?”


42 posted on 04/17/2013 3:24:00 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Kartographer
The Lord & Taylor video camera caught this guy...

And the Ralph Lauren shop across the street caught this guy...

One is guilty...but one is just chic.

43 posted on 04/17/2013 3:24:48 PM PDT by RoosterRedux (Get armed, practice in the use of your weapons, get physically fit, stay alert!)
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To: muir_redwoods
Because people with investigative experience have a plan to get more than just one guy and are playing this to get the most productive outcome. This ain’t amateur night.

Well wait a minute here Mr. muir, they announced to the world about 5 hours ago, they had video of the suspect planting the bomb at the bomb site, but they had no ID of the suspect yet.

Could you explain how airing the video in the hopes of identifying the suspect could compromise their investigation?

44 posted on 04/17/2013 3:24:54 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: a fool in paradise
Just because we are told that something “is not terrorism” doesn’t rule it out.

Setting multiple bombs off that brutally maim and kill almost 200 innocent people is terrorism by definition, wheather it fits the agenda of our Politically Correct Overlords or not.

One thing is certain - they won't be able to lie and distort this into another case of "Workplace Violence".


45 posted on 04/17/2013 3:26:12 PM PDT by Iron Munro (Welcome to Obama-Land - EVERYTHING NOT FORBIDDEN IS COMPULSORY)
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To: zerosix

Baraq’s got an illegal auntie in the Boston area community. Ask her.


46 posted on 04/17/2013 3:27:15 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
Perhaps they don’t want whoever lives with him to know it’s him. Or for him to know it’s him.

Uh...They broadcasted to the entire country hours ago they have video of the bomb drop, but no ID on the suspect yet.

Would the suspect not know this?

47 posted on 04/17/2013 3:27:59 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Iron Munro
One thing is certain - they won't be able to lie and distort this into another case of "Workplace Violence".

"Crock pots! He hates crock pots!"


48 posted on 04/17/2013 3:28:51 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: dragnet2

Today is a day to demogog gun control.

You’ll see the video of the bomber when the marxists establish a narrative they feel is constructive and when they figure out how to trot the victims out as window dress.


49 posted on 04/17/2013 3:30:16 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: dragnet2

I think they already have fine photos of the islamic terrorists carrying and planting the bombs. BUt busting THAT terror cell the day before a big senate gun control vote would ruin Obama’s plan. Cracking down on US gun owners the day AFTER another moslem attack would be “bad optics”.


50 posted on 04/17/2013 3:30:26 PM PDT by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: dragnet2

The authorities want to identify and arrest the target themselves and believe that they can do so without help from the general public.


51 posted on 04/17/2013 3:33:35 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: dragnet2
Personally, I think the real challenge here is that the authorities have too many leads, not insufficient evidence. With all the still photos and video footage out there, this investigation more likely involves combing through all of the evidence to rule suspects out, not search vainly for evidence.

I came across a link to a website today where someone took all kinds of digital photos at one of the blast sites in the 1-2 hours leading up to the explosion, and highlighted all of the people in the crowd who may have been involved. When it's a cool spring day in April 2013 and you're looking through a photo of a crowd for a young man wearing a sweatshirt and carrying a backpack, it's amazing how many "suspicious characters" show up in the crowd.

52 posted on 04/17/2013 3:35:22 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I am the master of my fate ... I am the captain of my soul.")
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To: dragnet2; a fool in paradise

Patience. They’re working in Photoshop as we speak whitifying the suspect in the video.


53 posted on 04/17/2013 3:36:05 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: dragnet2

Lots of reasons. Most of these kind of communications are aimed a lot more at the perp than the general public. Maybe the video isn’t actually that good and there’s no way they could get an ID from it. But people that thin the FBI is closing in on them start panicking, and panic actions draw attention. Or maybe they have the ID but they don’t know if he’s tied to a group, again panic actions could lead them to his group. The real world of criminal investigation relies a lot more on mistakes by the bad guy than TV shows make us think, and than investigators really want to admit.


54 posted on 04/17/2013 3:38:33 PM PDT by discostu (Not just another moon faced assassin of joy.)
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To: Fitzy_888
I rarely watch television, but watching what they're broadcasting right now, is really unbelievable.

Whats ironic is when there is a typical Amber alert for example, looking for a suspect, they immediately go public with the evidence they have, ie: Vehicle descriptions, license plates, suspect ID's, the direction last seen, flashing pics of the suspect on TV, etc etc...

Yet here they broadcast to the country they actually have video of an unknown bombing suspect, yet no video is released.

I find that extremely odd.

55 posted on 04/17/2013 3:39:23 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: zerosix

Well if that is true, that is a shame, and idiotic. Of course, they re-elected Bozo so I shouldn’t expect too much from many in this country...


56 posted on 04/17/2013 3:40:43 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: dragnet2; Uncle Chip; Kartographer

http://imgur.com/a/sUrnA

Buncha photos of what definitely appear to be more than one perp.

Maybe people have already seen this.


57 posted on 04/17/2013 3:40:47 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. CSLewis)
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To: Rockingham

We were just discussing that!

lol..


58 posted on 04/17/2013 3:41:14 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: dragnet2

Easily. They’re toying with the perpetrators by making conflicting announcements in hopes of provoking a mistake by the rest of the cell. They may have a minor player or a chump but they want to know who else is involved. You don’t for one minute believe all these different stories and conflicting reports are unintended do you? This is a purposeful, man-made fog of war.


59 posted on 04/17/2013 3:42:08 PM PDT by muir_redwoods (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets)
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To: discostu

If it is like the Times Square bombing and other events, the perp(s) are trying to leave the city/state/country.

The authorities almost lost out on catching the Times Square bomber (he was caught at the airport).

Every moment counts. Such video images have been released in the past when there is a manhunt (even when it wasn’t even the culprit).

Authorities said that someone must know the guy behind this. Show the picture.

On another thread, one of the “heroes” of the day is now being questioned about his possible involvement. Authorities did the same to Richard Jewell.


60 posted on 04/17/2013 3:42:20 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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