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To: Mixer
Part of the LA Times Article re: broken English..so it's possible this guy is a foreign terrorist.


"The person you called could not hear everything you said," Moose said in a televised plea late Monday afternoon. "The audio was unclear and we could not get it right. Call us back so that we can clearly understand."

Moose and other investigators would not divulge their discussions with the killer. But several officials and former police investigators described the hidden dialogue as a fragile dance designed to draw the sniper out and learn more about his mental state, while scrutinizing his letter for any traces of physical evidence that might be used to track him down.

"They're trying any way they can to kick this investigation up to the next level," said Joe Vince, a former chief of the Crime Gun Analysis Branch at the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

Writer Makes Demands

The letter was found behind a Ponderosa steakhouse parking lot about 50 feet from where the victim fell. The note contained demands for dialogue with police and several threatening passages, said an official involved with the task force. Authorities were convinced soon after studying the letter that it was genuine and decided during a high-level meeting Sunday to open communications with him.

"They're confident this is the guy," the official said.

Federal agents said the letter was "very lengthy" and poorly worded, bordering on broken English. Officials would not speculate whether the wording indicated whether the writer was a native English speaker or foreign-born.

Authorities close to the task force also said the letter contained unspecified threatening language about children — a warning that appeared to have played a role in prompting school officials in Richmond and surrounding suburbs to cancel classes Monday.
182 posted on 10/22/2002 5:34:01 PM PDT by WestCoastGal
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To: WestCoastGal
Considering the total lack of info on this shooter ( according to police) the press sure is making this person(s) sound like just an American gun nut. Terrorism is kept WAYYYYY back on the burner.
IF the press were unbiased, they would discuss ALL angles, like ME terrorism, left wing ELF, left wing ALF, and all other terrorist groups on record. They could easily be the culprits, too.
By not even discussing possible terrorist groups, they're covering the fort for their Democrat canidates in the upcomming election.
Democrats can use the "see what happens with guns" until November, THEN the truth or possibilities can be discussed.
212 posted on 10/22/2002 5:50:56 PM PDT by concerned about politics
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