There is no reason why he couldn't. I mean, do really think the sniper was going to leave his number for the police to call? Of course not, he left the number he wants to call to make his demands. The police either were already using this number, or have now acquired this number for their use. Chief Moose doesn’t need to explain his comments to you or me, the sniper knows what he is talking about.
Terrorist Cleric's Son In Gitmo?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/620477/posts
Ahmed Abdel-Rahman was captured in Afghanistan last month by anti-Taliban forces. Vice President Cheney has indicated he is likely to face a U.S. military commission.Abdullah Abdel-Rahman said it appeared anti-Taliban forces had turned over all their prisoners to the United States. He said he had heard reports that his brother was in U.S. military detention at Guantanamo.
Members of Egypt's parliament have demanded the government report to the People's Assembly on nine alleged Egyptian Al Qaeda members, including the sheik's son, detained by the United States, the London-based pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported.
Another son of the sheik, Mohamed Abdel-Rahman, was reported dead last month after he was wounded in the bombardment of Afghanistan's Tora Bora caves.
U.S. officials believe the two sons, in Afghanistan since 1989, were senior members of Al Qaeda, the terror group led by Osama Bin Laden. But Abdullah Abdel-Rahman has denied that, saying the group his father led and to which his brothers belonged, al-Gamaa al-Islamiyya, had several differences with Al Qaeda.
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That story was published 02-02-02.
Then this one showed up on 02-26-02:
Of 500 Prisoners From Afghanistan, None Look Like Candidates For Military Tribunal, Pentagon Says
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/635549/posts
Of the nearly 500 prisoners from the war in Afghanistan, the Pentagon says it has found none that might be suitable for the new military tribunals.(snip)
President Bush in early November approved the use of special military tribunals that could put accused terrorists on trial faster and in greater secrecy than an ordinary criminal court. The Pentagon says it will be up to Bush to decide who goes to the tribunal, and Pentagon lawyers have been working to write rules for anyone Bush might choose.
I don't know if this was a refusal to bargain or not--or even a counter offer, if you read the rest of the article--or whether we'd already traded him.
But note that the first email about Daniel Pearl's kidnapping was received the preceding Sunday (before news of Rahman's capture was published), and the last one was received on Wednesday, 01-30-02. My guess is Pearl was killed because we refused to trade. After all, that was the MO in the past when Sheik Omar Saeed himself was freed by hijacking the Indian airliner.
If I'm right and we still have him custody, that may be who they are after.
It also might explain the trip to Gitmo.
And it fits with what J.J. said about Rahman being called The Sword.