Maryland Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary

Fox, CNN, Press Conferences | October 9, 2002 | Fox, CNN, Press Conferences

[Peach]

Another press conference due soon. To avoid multiple vanity threads regarding any news that comes from press conferences, thought we'd keep a live commentary thread going again today.

[Merovingian]

Now channel 5 local Fox news reporting that the bus window incident was a ROCK through the window in Brandywine...They apologize for any alarm they may have created..

[Quilla]

He evidently doesn't have any spirituality; he's not only unafraid to describe himself as God but also unafraid to deface a tarot deck.

Pardon my naivete, but why would one have qualms in defacing a tarot card?

[EverOnward]

What is Chief Moose talking about?

Chief Moose is covering his @ $ $. He's in way over his head and most likely got reamed by the professionals (feds). It’s obvious Moose doesn’t turn right or left without permission from Dougy, the politician, Duncan. Apparently, Duncan is running the police department in Montgomery County Maryland – and Duncan is NO LEO.

According to Moose, it’s “retired LEOs” who leaked the information. The best defense really is a good offense. Not that professional yackers like the former FBI profiler (he was a profiler for maybe 6 months tops) aren’t to blame for this fiasco. The news media is also at fault and they know it!!!!!!!

I’m not a LEO, but if I were to try to think like one, it’s clear there are true dummies on the case here. All those responsible for leaking this information should be fired – LEO’s and politicians alike. Hope Maryland voters remember that come election time.

And then there’s the stupid Maryland governor calling the murderer a coward. How idiotic is that? Okay, gov, you want the perp to prove he’s a man by . . . . ?

[ET(end tyranny)]

why would he just now leave a tarot card!....I would think that he would have been leaving cards all along, taunting the LE.

That's my thought, too. Why now, after 6 dead?

[Prodigal Son]

The Tarot card said "Dear Policeman, I am GOD".

*if* it's true...it's interesting...and might fit into the whole 'Gates of Heaven' and 'Michael's' thing.

Sometimes in the military a sniper will be nicknamed or called "God".

[Merovingian]

According to Moose, it’s “retired LEOs” who leaked the information.

Incorrect he clearly directed his blame to the active LEO who did the leaking(without his authorization)..He THEN went on to add that all the EX-LEOs who are on an ego trip getting their face time on TV are an interference...

[aboutojump]

He's way over his head ... he should direct his anger and frustration at his investigators, they are the ones that leak the information. I think they should find someone who can say "WITH" instead of "WIF"!

[Peach]

Thanks for the update; glad it wasn't anything more.

[Types_with_Fist]

No offense taken. Just putting in my two cents. Further: this younger, social outcast-type shooter - IMO - has moved onto this game after tiring of Play Station, he's into Dungeons and Dragons or some such. His self-deluded parents will rush to his defense when he is caught (while purchasing a magic marker for his Taror cards), the parents will claim he is "really a great kid."

Thanks for the coffee!...:-)

[EverOnward]

kristinn,

I was reading your earlier thread when the chief came on the radio and now I've lost it. Anyway could you help me get it again? BTW Channel 9 and the news media are obviously totally clueless as to their culpability. It's all about the big scoop and to heck with people's lives. The professional LEOs have to be sick to their stomachs over this. I am.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

I'm just not buying the Tarot card or the lone nut theory.
Two reasons. One, the gbmnt's history of blaming conservative whites for everything on earth. Two, the sniper(s) have shown too much discipline.

If they are dead sure it's a gang of AQ or Iraqis they will die before they tell us. All the evidence that points to Iraq on the Murrah bldg and it would seem hugely in Bush's interest to go with it but he won't.

[aboutojump]

He's way over his head ... he should direct his anger and frustration at his investigators, they are the ones that leak the information. I think they should find someone who can say "WITH" instead of "WIF"!

[EverOnward]

The Tarot card, if kept secret would have been a pefect "tell". That is an unique piece of info that only the real killer would know about. This is very important to have to weed out all the fake confessions that have been pouring in. The pathetic losers who claim to be the killer could have no knowledge of and therefore would make no reference to the card and could be weeded out quickly.

B I N G O

[Merovingian]

Last night I posted my theory about the current Sony playstation interactive game with the SNIPER theme being related in this case..I'm told this is a VERY intense and addicive game..Pete then commented that apparently in the movie "Navy Seals", the nickname of the sniper was GOD...

A look needs to be taken at the seals link...

[Peach]

Your points are well taken. Both LEO's and the media should be more careful with their statements and news releases. Press conferences should be coordinated through one person and carefully screened by all agencies concerned. The multiple agencies/departments involved in this investigation have all said they are cooperating, and they could prove it by me if they'd have ONE person giving the press conferences, held only if there is new information they want released to the public - i.e., be on the lookout for a white box truck. Otherwise, it's all about face time, particularly for the career politicians.

[ET(end tyranny)]

Edie on Fox is saying huge flaw, brought up John Walsh.

I haven't seen Walsh discuss this case. Has he? If not why did Edie bring him up?

[relee]

why would he just now leave a tarot card!....I would think that he would have been leaving cards all along, taunting the LE.

That's my thought, too. Why now, after 6 dead?

It would be hard to leave a tarot card if he was shooting from a vehicle. The school shooting on Monday was the first one that they know of where the shooter was on the ground. They found some matted down grass, a shell casing and the tarot card on a knoll about 150 yards from the school entrance.

None of these things were found at the other shooting locations and they think he was shooting from a vehicle (white box truck) last week.

[IoCaster]

Hmm...I found a couple of interesting posts about Chief Moose on this thread. Just a bit of background info. The posts were made by FReeper kcvl.

Charles Moose is job shopping.

Look at posts 64 & 66.

[Prodigal Son]

Two, the sniper(s) have shown too much discipline.

I hear what you're saying, but I don't find that he's been that disciplined if he can't even manage to police up his brass or refrain from leaving a message to the cops.

I don't care what color he is or who he votes for- I mean he's bound to be one color or the other and bound to lean politically one way or the other. If he's a white conservative- he's a white conservative, I care not. All I want them to do is find the guy and put him behind bars or hopefully shoot him when he resists capture- before he can kill again.

[Quilla]

And then there’s the stupid Maryland governor calling the murderer a coward. How idiotic is that?

I saw a clip of the governor's little tirade last night. The gentlemen standing near him raised their eyebrows and appeared genuinely shocked at his comments. You're right, it seemed idiotic to me too.