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ROCKVILLE, Md. — At least two people are in police custody Thursday in what sources told Fox News could be a
major break in the Beltway Sniper case, saying they may have a key person tied to the shootings.

Police sources told Fox News that members of the sniper task force arrested John Allen Muhammad, 42, and Lee
Malvo, 17, who police had issued a lookout for Wednesday night. The two men were inside a car at a rest stop off I-70
in Federick County, Md., at 3:19 a.m., said Larry Scott, an agent for the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and
Firearms.

The men were taken into custody without incident, Scott said. A motorist and an attendant at the rest stop called police
at 1 a.m. after they spotted the men inside one of the cars sought in the sniper investigation.

Police responded and took the men into custody. That car is a blue 1990 Chevrolet Caprice with New Jersey plates.

Sources told Fox News that they had received an earlier tip on Muhammad from a friend of his who said Muhammad
had described one of the shootings to them in such detail that only the shooter could have known of what he said.

Hours earlier, police issued an arrest warrant for Muhammad, saying they believed he had information about the string of
terrifying shootings that have left 10 people dead.

Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose said the man should be considered "armed and dangerous" and that
he was being sought on a federal weapons charge.

He also cautioned that the public should not assume Muhammad is involved in any of the shootings that have stricken the
Washington area since Oct. 2 that have also left three people critically wounded.

Moose identified Muhammad as a 6-foot-1, 180-pound black male who also goes by the name John Allen Williams,
and authorities released a photograph showing a clean-shaven man with closely cropped hair. He also said a juvenile
may be accompanying Muhammad.

He did not identify the juvenile, but a law enforcement source identified him as Malvo.

A law enforcement source told The (Baltimore) Sun that police found a piece of paper at the scene of the Montgomery
shooting that bore Malvo's fingerprints. Police then traced Malvo to a Tacoma house where he had been living with
Williams, the paper said.

Moose also issued another direct message to the sniper:

"Let's talk directly. We have an answer for you about your option. We are waiting for you to contact us."

"You asked us to say 'We have caught the sniper like a duck in a noose.' We understand that hearing us say that is
important to you," Moose said. "Let's talk directly. We have an answer for you about your option. We are waiting for
you to contact us."

Muhammad's ex-wife, Mildred, was being questioned by the FBI Wednesday, said Adele Moses, who identified herself
as the woman's sister. She said Mildred was living with her in Clinton, Md., southeast of Washington.

The Pierce County, Wash., sheriff's office said Muhammad was once stationed at Fort Lewis — an Army post south of
Tacoma that provides some of the most intense sniper training in the military.

The FBI searched a back yard in Tacoma that they believe may be related to the probe Wednesday night.

Law enforcement sources told Fox News that search warrants related to the serial sniper case were served in various
parts of the country Wednesday evening.

The sources said these multiple warrants included some in the D.C. area and at least one search warrant was executed
in Marion, Ala.

The FBI searched a location near Marion, Ala., known as Camp Ground Zero USA — a place known to train militia
groups. FBI sources told Fox News "they are not at liberty to comment" on the investigation and cannot confirm or deny
their agents are investigating Camp Ground Zero USA.

Fox News reported Tuesday that a credit card is playing a crucial role in the investigation. Fox News has learned that
the credit card apparently was taken following a liquor store robbery in Montgomery, Ala., on Sept. 21.

In that shooting, 52-year-old Claudine Parker was shot and killed. That credit card taken during the liquor store
robbery is the same one that the serial sniper wanted officials to transfer $10 million to.

It now seems clear that the search warrants being run in Alabama are somehow connected to this leg of the
investigation. We also know that this same stolen credit card was used recently in the Washington, D.C., area.

Montgomery, Ala., Mayor Bobby Bright said federal authorities were investigating whether the fatal shooting there last
month was linked to the sniper. No one has yet been arrested after the one woman was killed and another wounded as
they walked to their cars after locking up the store.

Bright said a caller to the sniper investigation tip line apparently claimed responsibility for the sniper shootings and the
Montgomery shooting.

Moose, who is heading the sprawling investigation, expressed frustration at the failure to make contact despite the
sniper's repeated attempts through "notes, indirect messages and calls to other jurisdictions."

Then he said: "The solution remains to call us and get a private toll-free number established just for you." If that happens,
Moose said, "we can offer other means of addressing what you have asked us for."

The latest message believed to be from the killer was a letter found not far from where bus driver Conrad Johnson, 35,
was shot Tuesday, two law enforcement sources told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

The message reportedly demands $10 million — the same request sources say was made in a letter found at another
shooting site Saturday.

In Tacoma, FBI agents spent hours at a rental home, eventually carting away a tree stump from the yard and other
potential evidence in a U-Haul truck. The back yard was divided into grids by tape, and agents swept metal detectors
back and forth in a painstaking search.

The agents, acting on information from the sniper task force, were seeking evidence related to ammunition, a senior law
enforcement official in Washington said on condition of anonymity.

FBI spokeswoman Melissa Mallon said the property owner consented to the search, but she refused to say why agents
were there.

"There's no immediate danger to anyone in this neighborhood," she said.

Pfc. Chris Waters, a Fort Lewis soldier who lives across the street from the home, said he called police after hearing
gunshots in the neighborhood nearly every day in January.

"It sounded like a high-powered rifle such as an M-16," he said. "Never more than three shots at a time. Pow. Pow.
Pow."

Dean Resop, who lives a block away, said quite a few tenants had been in and out of the home.

"Makes you want to watch your neighbors closer," said Resop, who has lived in the area seven years.

FBI agents also visited Bellingham High School, 90 miles north of Seattle, on Wednesday. Mayor Mark Asmundson
told the Bellingham Herald the agents were apparently seeking information on a male teenager who once attended the
school and an older man. He said both left the area about nine months ago.

FOX says...Camp Zero was infiltrated, unbeknownst to the owners by Muslims sympathizers.
Tip from Scotland Yard led authorities to be interested in this facility.

ABC news is reporting that John Allen Muhammad was dishonorably discharged.

"You asked us to say 'We have caught the sniper like a duck in a noose.' We understand that hearing us say that is important to you," Moose said.

Have we forgotten about AQ's use of hidden messages, as in code words/phrases and use of steaganography to pass on info to other cells? If Mohammad is connected, could this be a way for them to trigger other actions in the near future?

What better way to do that than by using our own presstitutes via the chief spokesman?

I saw Montgomery Police Chief Wilson's and Mayor Bright's interview on Fox a few minutes ago. One minor point that amused me was that Mayor Bright referred twice to the murders in "New England". Maryland, Virginia and D.C. would be interested to know they've been relocated to the north.

I really hope this is the guy. But some things in this don't pass muster.

The FBI searched a location near Marion, Ala., known as Camp Ground Zero USA — a place known to train militia groups. FBI sources told Fox News "they are not at liberty to comment" on the investigation and cannot confirm or deny their agents are investigating Camp Ground Zero USA. FBI sources told Fox News "they are not at liberty to comment" on the investigation and cannot confirm or deny their agents are investigating Camp Ground Zero USA

What? A search is not an investigation? HUH?

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The Pierce County, Wash., sheriff's office said Muhammad was once stationed at Fort Lewis — an Army post south of Tacoma that provides some of the most intense sniper training in the military.

Why would a guy exposed to some of the most intense sniper training in the military need to go train with a bunch of bubba militia wannabes?

"Camp Ground Zero" sounds like a recent (post 9/11) setup. Or is the name supposed to invoke images of terrorism?

Let me get this straight, a black guy named Mohammed is training in Alabama in a "militia" training camp....? Is any one else ready to break out the BS repellent?

The image (something the nooze is expert at creating) is that Bubba Beerbelly is training arab type terrorists as part of some (sigh) grand right wing conspiracy.....

All in an election year, when the second amendment is (as always) an issue.