First USMC Scout Sniper Instructor Class. Summer 1977
Weapons Training Battalion, Quantico, Virginia
Well, golly . . . Maybe they're trying to pin this on a black boy. Let's calculate the probabilities, shall we?
Posted on 10/13/2002 9:17:06 AM PDT by Brian Mosely
FBI HAS ASKED PENTAGON TO SEARCH RECORDS FOR RECENTLY DISCHARGED GI’S WHO HAD GONE THROUGH SNIPER SCHOOL, FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TELL TIME
Nearly 1,000 People Working On Sniper Case, Including ATF Units, U.S. Marshals, and State Police
FBI Creating Animated 3-D Computer-Graphic Displays to Reconstruct Crime Scene, In Hopes of Jogging Witnesses Memories
New York -- The FBI has asked the Pentagon to search its records for recently discharged GIs who had gone through sniper school, federal law enforcement sources tell TIME. The schools teach snipers to work in tandem—one as the spotter, the other as the shooter, TIME’s Amanda Ripley reports.
An estimated 1,000 people are working on the case, including Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms units, U.S. Marshals and state police. The FBI. is creating animated 3-D computer-graphic displays to reconstruct the crime scene and help calculate the sniper’s position, in hopes of jogging potential witnesses’ memories, TIME reports.
The Science of Catching a Killer If there’s any consolation for horrified Americans watching the drama of the sniper slayings unfold, it’s that now, more than ever in history, officials have the skills to catch so slippery a killer, TIME’s Jeffrey Kluger reports. Even as the shooter—or shooters—taunted investigators by picking off more victims last week, police unleashed an unprecedented arsenal of tools to crack the case: geographic-profiling computers to try to pinpoint the killer’s location, ballistics databases that might link his unique bullet markings to other crimes, and trace-substance technology to lift whatever clues (fingerprints, DNA) might adhere to a shell casing or a tarot card.
But investigators are less dependent than ever on chance, and what they’ve unveiled this week is only a sampling of what they have in their high-tech kits, TIME reports. Perhaps the most futuristic—and controversial—of the new crime-busting technologies is a procedure known as brain fingerprinting. The principle behind the technique is that when the brain processes an image it recognizes (as opposed to one it has never seen before), it emits distinct electrical impulses that are detectable by scalp sensors. A positive response to a photo of a crime scene may mean a suspect was there before; a negative response may help confirm an alibi.
TIME.com Person of the Week: Charles A. Moose For his role as the unofficial spokesman for the sniper investigation, Charles Moose is TIME’s person of the week. This strong-willed, inveterate leader wants to do it his way — a tall order when you consider the masses of media, federal police and FBI agents swarming around each new crime scene — and second-guessing every move that's made.
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Well, golly . . . Maybe they're trying to pin this on a black boy. Let's calculate the probabilities, shall we?
Or maybe it is just some @ssholes from The Brady Bunch (Sarah, et al.)
Go to any wooded paintball range if you want to see cunning and markmanship. Granted they are not using long guns but they are conditioned to trigger pull
If a military conection exists (police have sniper schools also), I bet it's something like the recent reservist who joined to get training so he do do his thing for al-queda.
Perhaps the most futuristic—and controversial—of the new crime-busting technologies is a procedure known as brain fingerprinting. The principle behind the technique is that when the brain processes an image it recognizes (as opposed to one it has never seen before), it emits distinct electrical impulses that are detectable by scalp sensors. A positive response to a photo of a crime scene may mean a suspect was there before; a negative response may help confirm an alibi.
This ought to be controversial. Let's assume the FBI/ATF etc test anyone who has ever taken "sniper" training and come up with a "positive" response. Now what? They have someone to include in the "suspect pool?"
Now we're talking anyone with darn near any rifle training at targets other than paper. No thanks, folks. There are many training opportunities out there for civilians who shoot in competition or just simply want skills other than paper-punching.
My recommendation is to call your attorney and answer no questions if the alphabet agency boys show up and ask you to take this test.
Not necessarily a white guy. Let's not fall into the pre-9/11 trap of thinking that everyone in the military is necessarily a patriot. The American-born Portland al-Qaeda member who joined the reserves expressly to get training for jihad is just one example of how Islamists may have infiltrated our armed forces. I'm afraid that can or worms has yet to be fully opened.
And he might know that you would think this so he wouldn't use the .223 cal.
But then, he might know that we know that he knows that we know...
FBI HAS ASKED INS TO SEARCH RECORDS FOR MUSLIM SNIPERS RECENTLY ADMITTED TO U.S.
So now he's a professionally trained sniper who is shooting a less than 'sniperly' .223 as close ranges (which WILL eventually help him get caught) instead of shooting at >300 meter ranges with a better weapon BECAUSE he wants us to think he's NOT professionally trained?
We don't even know if this is all the same person or team yet.
Plus they are highly concealable, cheap, quiet, and most .50 cal owners are unknown to each other.
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