Pentagon to Help in Hunting Sniper

AP ^ | 10/15/2002 18:18:13 EST | PAULINE JELINEK

[ravinson]

Thought you might find it interesting that the Feds plan to use aerial recon. to identify gunfire on the ground. Ironic, no?

Heck, they were using aerial recon (hot air balloons) to identify firepower in the Civil War, so how far have we really progressed? I think we should develop ammunition that has a shooter signature on it.

By the way, my theory on the sniper is that he is a reincarnated member of Mosby's guerillas. They used to make quite a sport of sniping and running before the 8th IL CAV put them out of business.

[savedbygrace]

You might be right, but the "official" said they would be detecting "flashes of gunfire." Not audio.

[agrandis]

Mosby's guerillas wouldn't shoot a 13-yr-old boy, though, nor women.

My point, though, was that suddenly they say they can use aerial recon. to reliably find gunfire, wehreas at Waco, it was unreliable.

[agrandis]

This is scary. As sheeple, we have allowed the gov't to operate an eternal war against a philosophy, and seem overjoyed at the promise that the etheral boundries of this new-found power expand at a whim. All our problems are "terror" therefore any person who is a problem is a terrorist, and therefore denied all the constitutional protections afforded us who are, at present, on the good side of our gov't and popular opinion.

Saw Orion last night crystal clear and bright in the crisp air, just like that paragraph. Just thought I'd repeat it.

[wideawake]

I don't think this will help very much, besides the obvious Constitutional issues.

What would make sense (and what I hope is happening behind the scenes) would be for actual snipers from our military to advise the cops.

I'm sure a real-life sniper could go to one of these malls and automatically think: "hey, if I was operating here, I would shoot from behind that hedge . . . " etc.

This could be much more useful that surveillance photos.

[ravinson]

Mosby's guerillas wouldn't shoot a 13-yr-old boy, though, nor women.

Yes, they were very chivalrous snipers, weren't they.

My point, though, was that suddenly they say they can use aerial recon. to reliably find gunfire, wehreas at Waco, it was unreliable.

Good point. I guess the feds only believe in aerial recon when they're not the ones being watched.

[groanup]

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