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I just have a few comments to make, most of those comments being in reference to my experience in the La Belle Discotheque bombing murder investigation in Berlin, Germany in 1986, in which I was a criminal investigator. In the first place, in reference to the Second Amendment, this sniper situation is further aggravated because Maryland does not allow concealed weapons permits. But worse than that, in this particular situation, all able men and women in good standing should be permitted to carry a rifle at sling arms! This place (the DC area) is not the America of our Founding Fathers, but the land of the Philistines.

Now, in reference to my experience in La Belle, somebody in law enforcement working on the sniper case knows who the perpetrators are right now, right at this moment. Those LEOs have to argue their asses off! An investigation like this is like a Chinese fire drill---and there's a lot of socializing and ass kissing going on---you can't work on the case and jawjack your piehole at the same time! One cannot sift through, read and concentrate upon thousands of pages of criminal information and run around the police station like a frivilous dilletante at a cocktail party at the same time!

This sniper case fascinates me because it is a mystery just like La Belle was. I solved La Belle on Day Two, and I just shot my mouth off the rest of the time! But I did alot of sifting through data to defend my argumentation. (I was the criminal information analyst.) BTW, they didn't pickup the La Belle suspects for over 10 years and finally convicted them on November 10, 2001.

You have an interesting background. Read an article this morning that said Maryland gun laws are coming into play in this recent election. Good. Further, glad to read you think police have an idea who is behind these shootings and hope you are right. LEO's need to be more careful in press conferences because shooter is proving he watches the coverage and then reacts to what he's heard.

I have some questions for you. Do you think the person who knows realizes that he knows for sure already or is he still in the hunch phase? And, in your case, why do you think it took that much time? Was it an evidence issue or did you experience that much resistance to your theories?

Thank you for your service to our country. My husband and are are both vets also, and were in Germany in that timeframe. Well remember the terrorism drills, etc. We basically went on about our business and duties. My parents came over, despite the "threat of terrorism", and am glad they did, because it was a once in a lifetime experience for them.