Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Wed., Oct. 23,2002

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[Peach]

Let's keep a live commentary thread going again today. The FBI Tip Line #1-888-324-9800.

All seems quiet since yesterday's news the shooter may target children specifically. It was released on various news outlets the shooter's 3-page letter to police was in broken English and threatened extreme violence. Police announced an electronic transfer of $10m as requested by the shooter was not possible but other options for transfer remain open. No one seriously believes police will actually give the shooter $$, but police are trying to keep a dialogue open with the shooter in an effort to capture this monster.

[Letitring]

Nevermind, Whitcomb is just one of those FORMER FBI agents. He doesn't know anything. Bah.

[RobFromGa]

I bet we'll see aerial footage of the drive to the airport and from the DC airport to the lab...

[TexKat]

Yeah thats it.

FBI looking for 2 other males.

[bcoffey]

"I'd have an awful time trying to explain this 1-888-____ number on my belly. :-)"

Sac, yesterday I got a spam mail from 123greetings with the word "belly" in the title (jelly belly, I think), and I was sure one of the "belly bunch" had sent me an e-card!

[Slip18]

You're making me CLIMB a wall with laughter!

[tubebender]

My husband gets ahold of me by FReepmail

Can you assure me he can't trace it to me.

[Lion's Cub]

I think they'll get him. I couldn't say this publically yesterday, but I've been suspecting since reports of that letter and the $10M, that stories related to that were a psy-op to bring out the sniper or one of his group to contact the task force. I think the money was designed to cause infighting among a cell (which one of us is trying to collect ten million?) or to make a lone sniper angry that someone else was about to collect all that money off of his "work".

If I'm right about Osman, they might have used the story to convince him that he was sitting in jail while his buddies were collecting ten million...

[spectre]

Dog, NAMES of those wanted for questioning..BUT don't hold me to this, they keep changing things over at CNN...so that I don't really know that I heard what I heard or thought I heard.

sw

[HairOfTheDog]

That is about all we know Wordsmith...

They took some tree stumps out of a yard in Tacoma and they are maybe flying them to MD! Looking into a past residence of a Fort Lewis soldier.

[Elenya]

Treebeard was just taken into custody.

[mewzilla]

Thanks for the explanation! This is just too incredible for words.

[looney tune]

Flashback of the OJ ride. Or the ballots in Florida.

[TexKat]

Are you looking at MSNBC. This is going to be the biggest bust and the American people are going to be shocked.

[Catspaw]

Press conference cancelled. Investigation leading in other directions. A short while later, news broke about the search of a backyard in Tacoma, Washington, by the FBI & ATF related to the sniper case. Former FBI talking head says they will be looking for two people of interest in a manhunt of historic proportions. FBI will announce. Significant break in the investigation.

[Sacajaweau]

Rose bushes w/ thorns = DNA

[Elenya]

And they're going to wait for the warrants, right?

[Freedom2specul8]

I'm with you peach... What is really scaring me is..if there are a lot of connections across the U.S...

[edayna]

News about Tacoma investigation was leaked on purpose, they don't know why, it's not the only location being searched right now but they can't tell us where that other location may be. -MSNBC

[RobFromGa]

A quick recap:

They are digging up a back yard in WA where they are looking for evidence (bullets) that will be tied to DC sniper... (maybe Hispanic-American, ex-military guy and another person, no description yet.)

[tubebender]

Shall we set up a pool on the type of tree? Put me in for a maple.

Not just any Maple but the Big leaf Maple.