[Peach]

It has crossed my mind the police are releasing mis-information to force the sniper to release a statement, i.e., if Islamic terrorist, would resent perhaps reference to "I am God".

[Peach]

Good Morning America interview(I know, I hate ABC too but am surfing for news) - Chief Moose upset about Tarot card info release and will authorize an investigation to see who leaked info.

[mystery-ak]

Please indulge me.....have all the shootings(except school) been from his vehicle?....why would he just now leave a tarot card!....I would think that he would have been leaving cards all along, taunting the LE.

[Beenliedto]

It has crossed my mind the police are releasing mis-information to force the sniper to release a statement, i.e., if Islamic terrorist, would resent perhaps reference to "I am God".

Could be any number of reasons.

[NCLou]

I think you are right, that this was intentionally leaked. It's a subtle plea for help by the police to the public. It means that they have zero strong leads at this point.

If that is the case, the "I am God" thing is most certainly innacurate or incomplete. I bet that it either says something quite the opposite, like "I am Satan," or something much more rational. The idea is to try to flush him out into more communication, in an effort to get his "real story" out. He may not want to be portrayed as a "nut case", or a believer in God, so he might contact the press this time. That can be helpful, remember the Unabomber.

It also plays into the usual serial killer attitude that the police are inept and can't catch him (they couldn't even get the message right), which may cause him to be less circumspect in the future.

Finally, everyone in the area is now thinking about every Tarot-obsessed weirdo they might have come in contact with recently.

Yesterday on another thread I predicted that he would begin to communicate with the police or media, not knowing he already had. Now I expect that he will step up communication to include the media next, in an effort to set his story straight.

[browardchad]

if Islamic terrorist, would resent perhaps reference to "I am God"

Would strongly resent that reference. In Islam, Allah is all-powerful, and thus would never take human form. For that reason Jesus Christ is relegated to the status of prophet (subordinate to Muhammad, of course). "I am God" would be outrageous blasphemy to a Muslim.

[Mixer]

It has crossed my mind the police are releasing mis-information to force the sniper to release a statement, i.e., if Islamic terrorist, would resent perhaps reference to "I am God".

I said that to my wife this morning. Also I commented in another thread that the President's Bodyguard may perhaps be involved if there was a credible threat made against his life????

How are you doing today. Hope you are feeling better then yesterday.

[Dead Dog]

I think it is miss-information one way or the other. Either the police are pinning on a "home grown", or the sniper is trying to keep police off the Islamism track. Serial killers like to savor their kills, this one is too shrewd for that. They may not even enjoy what they are doing, but think see it as brining about a world under the "one true god's prophet".