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Beltway Sniper Shootings-FR Commentary-Sunday, Oct. 20, 2002
Fox News, CNN, Press Conferences | October 20, 2002 | Fox News, CNN, Press Conferences

Posted on 10/20/2002 5:32:37 AM PDT by Peach

To avoid multiple vanity threads regarding any news from press conferences, let's keep a live commentary going today. FBI Tip Line: 1-888-324-9800


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Maryland; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: dc; maryland; shootings; sniper; terrorism; virginia
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To: Tree of Liberty
Yes, I figured the sniper left the message from what Moose said. I suspect that the person who said it was left on the answering machine may be right, or that an employee took a message. If you look at what Moose said, you can read a lot from what he didn't say.
421 posted on 10/20/2002 5:02:08 PM PDT by GummyIII
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To: bcoffey
I already posted this...

And when he answers the phone he'll ask (in my best Lily Tomlin voice), "Is this the party to whom I'm speaking?"
422 posted on 10/20/2002 5:02:27 PM PDT by valleygal
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To: tomkat
LOL, Is that supposed to be the sniper?
423 posted on 10/20/2002 5:03:23 PM PDT by valleygal
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To: valleygal
"Is this the party to whom I'm speaking?"

Highly likely, if the past is a predictor of the future. :)

424 posted on 10/20/2002 5:03:36 PM PDT by bcoffey
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To: hispanarepublicana; bcoffey
...thanks...Im trying to catch up.
425 posted on 10/20/2002 5:03:48 PM PDT by mystery-ak
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To: Howlin
Where you still watching last night when the one officer who was giving the press updates "at the top and bottom of every hour" was suddenly replaced by someone else who said immediately, that there would be no more press conferences until this morning? I'm betting that that was the time that the message, whatever it was, was "received".
426 posted on 10/20/2002 5:04:13 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: valleygal
his driver, i think ...
427 posted on 10/20/2002 5:04:17 PM PDT by tomkat
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To: livius
Somebody suggested that the snipers had, as a threat, mentioned a very secret phone number (i.e., "I know your number and it's XXX-XXXX") and that they are being asked to call this number.

If it's Moose's unlisted phone number, it would certainly explain why some FReepers thought he looked scared...

428 posted on 10/20/2002 5:04:48 PM PDT by Elenya
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To: A Citizen Reporter
Where=were.....sheesh!
429 posted on 10/20/2002 5:04:58 PM PDT by A Citizen Reporter
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To: tomkat
LOL
430 posted on 10/20/2002 5:05:15 PM PDT by valleygal
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To: tomkat
Bad, bad tomkat!
431 posted on 10/20/2002 5:06:08 PM PDT by livius
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To: valleygal
Maybe the shooter didn't leave the phone #. Maybe a witness left it. Maybe they didn't want to be seen by all the media and wanted to keep their privacy. But, maybe someone saw someone leave the woods shortly after the shooting?? just tossing out another possibility.
432 posted on 10/20/2002 5:06:41 PM PDT by Moose-Owie
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To: bcoffey
I answered your last post about the thesaurus. The words he could use are, "flustrated" or "disgrumbled"...oh wait,
THOSE words aren't in the thesaurus! :)
433 posted on 10/20/2002 5:07:19 PM PDT by valleygal
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To: Sacajaweau
I hope this isn't a hoax that has to do with the movie "PHONEBOOTH" that they are delaying the release of because of the shootings.
434 posted on 10/20/2002 5:07:23 PM PDT by the-gooroo
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To: GeorgeandtheDralgore
Went back and re-read it..

Actually, it sounds like perhaps a witness who overheard something or saw something and is afraid.

435 posted on 10/20/2002 5:07:24 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sacajaweau
Did you see Moose's face when he gave the message? It wasn't to a witness....he would have cajoled or pleaded or reassured. His face was hard and the message was short and sweet. It was to the sniper.
436 posted on 10/20/2002 5:09:03 PM PDT by GummyIII
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To: the-gooroo
I hope this isn't a hoax that has to do with the movie "PHONEBOOTH" that they are delaying the release of because of the shootings.

Coincidentally, (?) the first TV commercial that CNN cut away to after the press conference featured a guy in a Subway Sandwiches spot answering a ringing public telephone on the street.

437 posted on 10/20/2002 5:09:52 PM PDT by hispanarepublicana
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To: Sacajaweau
A very scared witness (perhaps a material witness, that is involved in the crime). That was what I thought, too, when I first heard this.

Not sure now, though.
438 posted on 10/20/2002 5:10:28 PM PDT by livius
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To: GummyIII
It could be Moose's home phone number

Maybe it's the number of the Baghdad Hilton.

439 posted on 10/20/2002 5:11:03 PM PDT by browardchad
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To: valleygal
"THOSE words aren't in the thesaurus! :)"

They're NOT??? LOL (just catching up now)

440 posted on 10/20/2002 5:11:49 PM PDT by bcoffey
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