Posted on 08/22/2007 10:10:48 PM PDT by april15Bendovr
FBI Seeks Identity of Two Men Seen Aboard Washington State Ferries
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
The FBI released photographs of two men Monday who have been seen on Washington state ferries "exhibiting unusual behavior" and asked the public for help identifying them.
The agency's Seattle field office, along with the Washington Joint Analytical Center, was still seeking the men's identities and whereabouts Wednesday as ferry service was temporarily shutdown when a suspicious package was found in a ferry bathroom and taken away by authorities.
"We had various independent reports from passengers and ferry employees that these two guys were engaging in what they described as unusual activities on the ferries," Special Agent Robbie Burroughs, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Washington state, told FOXNews.com.
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Heard on Mark Levin’s show tonite that it is very unusual for the FBI to ask for help in finding anyone not charged with anything.
Washington State is so inept when it comes to preventing terrorism. It’s like they have this “hear no evil, see no evil but there is federal money to combat evil” syndrome.
We should be worried, our ferries are sitting ducks, very soft targets. Most likely these guys are from BC. Our Muslim community is very small, they would have been spotted by now if they were local.
I hope these terrorist clowns aren’t doing dry runs again.
I heard it was a bag of sparklers (fireworks). Not a big deal unless they were sitting on a 5 gallon bucket of thermite. Then it would be a very big deal.
Heads in the sand. There is going to be trouble from the Jihadists.
The two Seattle DeadTree media outlets ran the story but with out the pictures. Some dribble aboout stereotyping terrorists or something.
Actually, the “suspicious package” they found turned out to be a bong.
Terminating a ferry is well within the capabilities of the jihadists, much simpler than thermite.
Thermite is pretty simple to make. Its just hard to ignite. Sparklers can do it. Once lit, it could easily burn through 2 decks and the hull of a loaded ferry.
Just like the FBI agent who noticed all the muslims taking flying lessons, she was ignored because FBI was too bureaucratized to think out of the box or recognize new threats.
Paris Hilton could figure this one out.
I was on a mid-day ferry, which probably has less security than the busier rush-hour ones though.
They wouldn’t do it and have never done it before, they are scared.
OK, the jihadists watch TV, they are not going to send the same scouts. Besides, the jihadists probably have all the intel they need and have gone operational.
Sounds like 9/11 all over again, where the flight instructors voiced concerns, and nobody listened.
The Coast Guard can not shadow every run, and what could they effectively do in rough water, dense fog.
It is nice to see them there when they do, and I'm sure it makes the terrorists worry that they might be around. It's all fine by me.
I have not taken a ferry since 9/11, I drive around.
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