Interesting about the AWOL Frenchman possibly being the sniper. I just read an article stating he left around August for the US and Canada and didn't return in September when he was supposed to.
If he is the shooter, he seems to know the area awfully well for someone who just got here about a month before the shootings began. I don't see how he could be doing this solo. It seems he'd have to be working with one or more partners. I hope they're checking this guy's background and who he's been in contact with very thoroughly.
French. Hmmm... That would explain the shooter's arrogance.
The first shooting in this series was Sept 14 (see NY Daily News for story, 2-3 days ago) Seems to have been a warm-up.
Yes, that's what I've felt from the begining. I think it's very possible the actual shooter is what al Qaeda and friends refer to as a "lily white." This does not mean his color, but the fact that he is not known in the area, has no criminal record, etc.
Someone, many many threads ago, obseved that the complete lack of details about this guy indicate that he is not somebody from the area. Nobody's likely to recognize him, or say, "oh, yeah, I work with this guy who talks about hostage situations and he arrived at work late on the day of this or that shooting."
Unless he's a real genius of reconnaissance - that is, he not only sets himself up where there are likely targets but knows the escape routes well - I think he's got to have local help that has been preparing this for some time.
Yeah, but if the shooter is French then why hasn't he surrendered yet? ;-)