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Media asked Chief Moose about double standard of analysts being criticized for name calling the sniper when Gov. Glendenning was name calling yesterday.

The chief stumbled all over himself to say what Glendenning said was okay.

I think the chief would be happier working in the former East Bloc. They controlled the media real well.

Not to be "disgrumbled", but the chief, whatever we think of his public relations skills, has a good point. As is always the case in high profile cases, kooks come forward to confess, and the police like to have a piece of "held back" information so they can quickly discount the so-called confessions. It's the same thing as the White House asking the media to get the okay regarding tapes claiming to be AQ or OBL - they wanted to make sure there weren't code words contained in the tapes.

Usually, the statements made by public officials in these cases are run by the cops, and in this case, the profilers as well, including the use of "code" words like "coward."

I remember watching former FBI profiler Candice DeLong over the weekend saying that the Fredricksburg VA murder was probably not related to the other murders (a short time before the cops confirmed that it was), and speculated about the age. She was not very helpful. In fact, I remember yelling at the screen, "you idiot."

Cops are very loathe to give out all information in a case while the case is still under active investigation. They may well have wanted to hold back on the Tarot card because it is one of those things only the killer would know. Now it's public knowledge. If the killer was going to use this as his signature--and the card holds significant clues, like his handwriting--that's long gone because now everyone knows about it. Do you have a need to have everything about the case known to the public (as well as the killer) in exchange for hampering the investigation, with the possibility of screwing up the case?

If you read between the lines, Moose was really critical of Glenspending. He said Glenspending would not be making any more statements like that. I think somebody must have scolded the governor real good.