Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Tuesday, Oct. 15

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[Peach]

To avoid multiple vanity threads regarding any news from press conferences, let's keep a live commentary thread going again today.

Note: This is the graphics-free thread. Graphics can be found under the thread titled "Beltway Sniper Shootings-Graphics Only"

[exmarine]

Interesting commments...thanks. I firmly believe the FBI is more interested in harrassing Americans than terrorists. How many lies and bungled cases does it take before Americans finally get it...the FBI is corrupt and inept and should be abolished. I will NEVER forget the children they murdered at Waco. Never.

[Kip Lange]

careful, that might make you a 'crypto-racist' too, whatever the hell that's supposed to be ...

Somebody misquoting the famous "crypto-nazi" quote, maybe? ;-)

--KL

[dagnabit]

See, what it is is this cell where they all bought white type trucks just for this-they live all around the beltway and the shooter can deposit the white vehicle in a cell mates garage that lives nearby-then leave in his own vehicle. A clean get away.

[Elenya]

There was a discussion earlier about sniper cases. Here's an article about

The Sniper Of Long Island

"7:37 a.m. EDT October 10, 2002 - The shootings were random -- and deadly precise. During the summer of 1994, a sniper struck Long Island, sending the area's residents into a panic.

Long Island's search for a sniper eight years ago was much like the massive manhunt now under way in the nation's capital and its suburbs. Chief John McElone knows what it was like to have random citizens in the cross hairs of a sniper's rifle.

"It was immense," McElone said. "We had 200,000 leads that were coming in."

Long Island's sniper stuck three times. First, he shot through a diner window, killing Steven Chaifetz while he ate breakfast. His next hit was a shot through a gas station window. Finally, she shot at a fast food restaurant waitress, who was severely injured.

Eventually, a few of the thousands of leads began to point in the same direction.

A parole officer tipped off police that one man, a gun enthusiast who had been recently released from prison, could be a suspect. Police arrested Peter Sylvester (pictured right) on a parole violation and the shooting mysteriously stopped. Another tip linked Sylvester to a stolen rifle.

Police confronted him in jail and he confessed, leading them to his mother's house, where he hid a high-powered hunting rifle

"What he said was he was doing these shootings to camouflage his ultimate target, which was another person he intended to kill So it would appear the other person was killed as part of a random shooting spree," said detective Kevin Cronin, the lead detective on the case.

Suffolk police say in the end, their sniper was caught because of the public's input, and may have been caught even sooner if the people closest to him had taken him seriously when he practically confessed to them.

"Peter Sylvester had told people he was the sniper and those people did not believe him," Cronin said. "People need to be aware of what being said to them and convey that to authorities."

[Letitring]

Then some terrorist group came along and upped it. Can't remember which one at the moment, which is why I left it at $6,000.00 per head, per American.

[Hank Kerchief]

See you beat me to it.

Hank

[OReilly]

Is Moose going to put out a composite or likeness of the suspect? No. Not till it is a mug shot and we get credit for it.

[exmarine]

Son of Sam was not a sniper - he was a cold-blooded killer with a 44 mag pistol. All other snipers sniped from one location. In this case, they rove around at random and it is almost certain more than one man is involved. Ever hear of a sniper with a buddy? See the diff?

[tomkat]

uhmmm, mine (the second one) was just a quote of an earlier bullshi'ite assertion ...

[areafiftyone]

Tell him that Olive skinned is "slightly done on one side" ;-)

[EnquiringMind]

"This kick out the Muslims paranoia is a bizarre"

Perhaps it has to do with muslims dancing in the streets the day 3,000 of our good, hard-working Americans were slaughtered.

[livius]

I read on another thread that they are planning on releasing a sketch (not of " olive skinned" in general, but of the man seen by witnesses last night!), but I have no idea when they're going to do this.

[demlosers]

Charles Moose press briefing-- he didn't give too much new info.

[OReilly]

look Moose, is it white or light?

[Molly Pitcher]

Don't know if anyone else answered your question...

This was on Fox News...Rita Crosby said the LEOs were surprised when the bloodhounds took off for quite a ways tracing the scent toward or into the Beltway....That of course would mean the shooter was on foot, and either meeting up with someone or returning to his parked vehicle.

[alisasny]

NOW SPECULATION THAT DEFENSE MAY USE THE PREDATOR DRONES OVER THE AREA USING INFRARED TECHNOLOGY.....

[Merovingian]

Pinhead Sheppard Smith just said that the Hillandale shooting was September 22nd..WRONG it was September 14th

Fox now talking about the Pentagon now considering FURTHER SUPPORT in this sniper investigation...Specific help and surveillance equipent including Drones used in Afghanistan...

[bonfire]

Chief Moose is flustrated. I can't listen to him anymore as all I can hear is his mangling of the English language.

[Kip Lange]

There's a definite shift going on in the media coverage of this.

Possibly to explain why the Pentagon is authorizing the use of Predator drones to look for a serial killer.

Anyone know of ANYTHING that compares to this? Did we carpet-bomb Son of Sam? :p

--KL

[Lucky]

Oh, from last year, I guess that's why I didn't remember. Although, I do read all these threads. Thanks.