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Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Thursday, Oct. 17
FNC, CNN, MooseChief, Presstitutes | 17 October '02

Posted on 10/17/2002 4:07:52 AM PDT by tomkat

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: beltway; chiefmoose; maryland; shooting; sniper; virginia
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To: ARCADIA
Well if they are not sure if the shooter was firing an AR-15 or Ruger mini-14 then I really have sme questions for the ballistics examiners. Do these bullets have a rifling twist rate of 1 in 14, 1 in 12, 1 in 10 or 1 in 9. I would suggest by measuring the twist rate of the rifling they should be able to determine the particular type of rifle used. Maybe it is none of the above.

If the investigators are saying the shooter switched guns perhaps the caliber used in the latest shooting is different. What have they really said about the latest shooting?

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown
481 posted on 10/17/2002 3:30:26 PM PDT by harpseal
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To: harpseal
If the shooter switched guns, what does it mean to say there is a ballistic match?
482 posted on 10/17/2002 3:31:31 PM PDT by aristeides
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To: OReilly; Yaelle
You just keep rippin' guys..those smile lines look good right now!!

Sac

483 posted on 10/17/2002 3:31:34 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: harpseal
Ya know...you may be right...Did they say it was a match?? anywhere in the last two days??

Sac

484 posted on 10/17/2002 3:33:57 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
I have heard the Home Depot shooting was "linked".....not a match.
485 posted on 10/17/2002 3:40:21 PM PDT by Dog
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To: All
They said the dog stayed on the scent for 3 or 4 miles.

Does anyone know what the trail looks like??

Sac

486 posted on 10/17/2002 3:41:55 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
Does anyone know what the trail looks like??

It is a devided road with a median. 4 lanes, 2 in each direction. There is a service road on each side that runs right beside the Home Depot.

487 posted on 10/17/2002 3:56:00 PM PDT by OReilly
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To: All
Take a look here about three-man Al Qaida sniper squads to hit the U. S.
488 posted on 10/17/2002 4:23:34 PM PDT by bcoffey
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To: Dog; Sacajaweau
If you want to see a "match," read bcoffey's post #488. Follow the link. Sounds to me like the tactic used, regardless of the weapon(s). What do you all think?
489 posted on 10/17/2002 4:27:59 PM PDT by livius
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To: bcoffey
Although we should leave ALL options open, the ME terrorism angle is definitely smelling funny...especially with the gov't diverting time & resources to the operation. You just don't see that 99% of the time (spy planes after shooting spree killers)...still, all options are open, Devil's Advocate says: What if the perp is betting people with think he's Islamic, and using THAT?
490 posted on 10/17/2002 4:29:51 PM PDT by Kip Lange
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To: All
with = will. Blasted typos.
491 posted on 10/17/2002 4:30:51 PM PDT by Kip Lange
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I just realized - profilers have taken the place of psychics in crime investigations. In the old days, police would turn to a psychic when they were dealing with an unknown repeat murderer. They'd hand over a piece of evidence, and from that the psychic would tap into his or her mystical powers to glean information and try and put the police on the trail of the killer. They were. of course, routinely mocked for this. But really, what do profilers do that's any different?

Profilers = Psychics, with mostly the same results. The occasional flash of insight, but mostly a large waste of everyone's time and investigatory resources.

492 posted on 10/17/2002 4:42:05 PM PDT by vollmond
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To: valleygal
"We were briefly discussing Predator and Hunter drones yesterday here and links wer posted. I don't know if those sites will lead you anywhere, or not. "

Thanks Valleygal

493 posted on 10/17/2002 4:51:11 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: aristeides; harpseal
There's an article in this morning's Washington Times about the Army RC-7B." Thanks aristeides...

Harpseal ""How do we differentiate between the normal crime and terrorist crime?" " After reading this..one wonders! DJ Al-Qaida Man Claims To Have Seen Sniper Training

494 posted on 10/17/2002 4:55:01 PM PDT by Freedom2specul8
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To: archy
just finished a marvelous (unintended) powernap and saw your post !

excellent, thanks ...

495 posted on 10/17/2002 5:22:12 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: ~Kim4VRWC's~
Well, just got home and I'm relieved to see we are still incident free since Monday.

I don't want to upset those who are superstitious, so I'll knock on wood before saying this....
but one must wonder if the decision to bring in those military 'assets' for surveillance has made a difference here.
496 posted on 10/17/2002 5:46:18 PM PDT by Route66
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To: livius
Except I think there are two teams working together on this.

Why? Because they're operating in such a strategic area and the communications are a little more complicated than we think...They have to keep the sniper "invisible".

Sac

497 posted on 10/17/2002 6:06:58 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: tomkat

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499 posted on 10/17/2002 6:30:20 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: vollmond; FreeTheHostages
I imagine clever profilers now do what clever psychics did in the past: they tell their employers what they want to hear.
500 posted on 10/17/2002 6:33:16 PM PDT by aristeides
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