[Koblenz]

Is this Moose guy competent?

[pbear8]

When he said electronically, I immediately thought about a wire transfer of money...hmmmm.

[apackof2]

Is this Moose guy competent?

No

But it was my understanding that the wanted an electronic payment of money and a 800 number set up so he could communicate with the police plus a post office box

The plot thickens.....

[txhurl]

No, he's trying to say the electronic funds transfer for the several million wasn't approved. Evidently they couldn't get the routing number or something right, and now they want to mail a check.

[Redcloak]

Is Moose trying to say that he doesn't have email?!?

[Arkinsaw]

We have a message for the sniper and will take no questions. The message for the sniper is as follows:

HUH???

[MeekOneGOP]

Is this Moose guy competent?

I think so.

[mlbford2]

These guys are totally ME sobs. I don't think GameBoy tm kids are setting up wire transfers. That whole hypothesis was idiotic. This is a state (foreign) run terror program. People need to stop being so myopic and look at this for what it is. ME terrorists. Wake up USA.

[Huck]

This is so messed up.

[republicangel]

You seem a little hyper-critical of the Moose. I think a lot more is going on in the background than you could ever imagine. I just hope they catch this psycho.

[hole_n_one]

Moose: We cannot comply in the manner you requested.

[SunStar]

Is this Moose guy competent?

13 kills later and they can't communicate electronically? I'd say incompetence is too light a term for Chief Moose.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Hey Moose! Tell the guy to get a snazzy free email address, like 'sniperguy6669@yahoo.com' or something...

[Texas_Jarhead]

I'd say that these 'problems' could be intelligence gathering endeavors.

[Common Tator]

It is not to hard to figure out what is going on.

The cops want to talk to the criminal. The Killer has two objectives from day one. First he must prove he can kill at will. Then he uses that killing power to demand the government to do what he wants. The pitch from the killer goes like this.I can kill at will. You can't stop me. If the government will do what I want. I will stop killing.

What the government tries to do is keep talking. They want to negotitate the killer down to some deal the state can do. Like in the Unabomber case the government got the newspapers to publish the Unabombers message. The Unabombers mom and brother recognized his writings and turned him in.

They hope to make some sort of deal with this killer. If they are talking to him, and negotiating about giving him what he wants the killer has no need to kill. That is enough for now. The killer is afraid of a phone they can trace. So he only talks for a half second at a time. They are trying to negotiate a way to talk to him so they can negotiate.

It is not too hard to figure out. Try paying attention.

[hsmomx3]

Do these cops really think this person will communicate via computer or phone? No way!!! This person has escaped them so far and I doubt he/they will communicate by computer.

[old school]

The question really is, are your city officials (where you live) up to the task any more than those in Virginia and Maryland? "Coming soon to a theater near you!"

[Sabatier]

The real questuon is, are the authorities agreeing to give this sniper money? We give him a million bucks and then what?

[isthisnickcool]

What next? They use PayPal?

[hole_n_one]

Police Want Contact With Sniper

By DAVID DISHNEAU
ASSOCIATED PRESS

ROCKVILLE, Md.- A bus driver was shot to death Tuesday as he was about to set out on his morning route in what authorities fear was the 13th attack by the Washington-area sniper. Police also revealed a chilling warning found at a weekend shooting scene: "Your children are not safe anywhere at any time."

Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose issued a new plea to the killer, urging the gunman to continue a dialogue with investigators.

"It is important that we do this without anyone else getting hurt," Moose said.

In an evening news briefing, the police chief suggested authorities had been in repeated contact with the sniper.

"We have researched the options you stated and found that it is not possible electronically to comply in the manner that you requested," he said. "However, we remain open and ready to talk to you about the options you have mentioned."

He said the sniper is seeking an 800 telephone number to talk with authorities, and offered to set up a private post office box "or another secure method."

"You indicated that this is about more than violence," Moose said. "We are waiting to hear from you."

He refused to take questions from reporters.

[LaGrone]

I see Chief Moose as the LE spokesman, but with 20-30 FBI, ATF, and who knows what other people behind the doors telling him exactly what to do.

I was critical of him earlier, and I now regret that. I feel terribly sorry for him, because no matter how this turns out, his name will always be associated with these deaths.

But I am 99% sure he isn't writing what he is reading at these briefings.