To: tomkat
You make a convincing case for this being a real "thinking on his feet" kind of operation, once the basic MO is established.
However, I don't think they could have gotten so many shots in at the beginning, in a very crowded and complicated area, without thorough planning.
I think it has to be pretty well planned, and I was wondering about the possibility of their already having videotaped their intended locations for "training" purposes. There have been many strange reports of some of our ME friends out videotaping all sorts of unlikely things, ranging from national monuments to reservoirs to just plain old buildings.
In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if they had even managed to videotape some of their successful killings - remember, such videos were found in the caves in Afgahnistan.
But maybe my imagination has gone into overdrive here...still, I think it's worth considering.
In that case, the five days (after the DC area got too hot) would have been for them to scope out a new area, videotape the location so they wouldn't have to spend too much time in it and risk being recognized, and then go over their routine in this new locale.
136 posted on
10/20/2002 9:35:33 AM PDT by
livius
To: livius
This is tourist country. Unless your photographing National Monuments, etc.., no one really notices. I'm more inclined to think still photos as you can reposition yourself very easily and no one would notice.
I do a lot of photography on historical sites in my area and mark them "facing north" "facing south" etc..
They need to see the position of the cameras on these buildings, walks, steps, etc. and that's tough on video but easy with stills. They can zoom them via computer, etc..
Sac
To: livius
your reasoned comments help to make the point i was getting at re 'patterns'.
why not a combination of views, to wit:
first batch had been scouted and setup for rapid execution;
subsequent attacks can be done on the fly, tactics having already been proven.
157 posted on
10/20/2002 9:48:37 AM PDT by
tomkat
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