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To: Letitring
think deep concern and grief sometimes turns into anger. I do believe that is what happened to me today. Forgive me for being too hard on someone who has a difficult job and forgive me for thinking and (worse) saying he is doing it poorly, IMO.

Many of us here feel similarly - and direct our anger at LE. But it's a double-edged blade. On the one hand, we're frustrated (I refuse to say it the way HE does) at the lack of information we're getting that might enable us to protect ourselves and those we love. But on the other hand, everything he says seems to wind up becoming a part of the shooter's MO. So we waver between wanting to know everything and wishing that Moose would just shut up altogether until this is resolved. The anger, though, is quite present. I think it's general anger, though, at the feeling of being utterly unable to control something that, like it or not, is affecting our daily lives - and anger flourishes best when it has a specific target. Moose is an easy one.

1,365 posted on 10/22/2002 11:33:53 AM PDT by poppyseed
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To: poppyseed
Thank you for putting it so well. I have to go and deal with some fools who've camped out in my little study area. I do believe I am getting a Halloween preview. :)See you in a bit, and thanks again.:)
1,377 posted on 10/22/2002 11:39:21 AM PDT by Letitring
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To: poppyseed
Good analysis. It's easy for us to armchair quarterback this situation. Fact is that finding a lone sniper in an area of 3 million people, with many freeways, many urban parks and wooded areas, is like finding a needle in a haystack. I am being very patient with the authorities here. I think we have very good local police and FBI, but this is a very tough case and in some ways "the perfect crime."

My one opinion is that the sniper is a man who works nights. He operates either at night or early in the morning. He must have staked out the area near where he hit this morning, and lives or works nearby and knows that this bus stops there every morning for a while. My guess is he goes home every day and acts like nothing has happened. Either that, or he knows someone who works nights and owns a van that he can "borrow" without arousing any suspicion. There have been so many shootings in this area of Maryland that it seems clear he knows this area very well. The other Virginia shootings have been in places very close to major highways.

1,388 posted on 10/22/2002 11:45:29 AM PDT by Dems_R_Losers
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