[Atlas Sneezed]

But they're "pur heroes in blue"!

They are our "government protectors"!

The snipers were caught because of "good old fashoied cop shoe leather, dogger police work"!

The sniper was caught because he WANTED to be caught and/or was so stupid he unintentionally turned himself in, essentially confessing all the needed facts in a telephone call that connected him to a robbery where he left his fingerprints, which had been taken and recorded by the INS when he was in custody as an illegal alien. It helped that neighbors in Tacoma told police that he was a suspect.

So, the cops ran the fingerprints, and identified the guy, and were able to use ordinary DMV databases to ID the car so that a citizen to find it. Where is the brilliant detective work here?

More telling is how our "government protectors" had the snipers in their grasp, but let them drive away. Was there evidence to suggest that transients living in their cars might be suspects? Especially when a witness to an early shooting described the Caprice at the scene? Perhaps this is hindsight, but it makes on wonder whether our government "protectors" failed us. Will the families of the later shooters sue the cops for letting the killers go?

Also, our sniper bought the rifle in spite of the prohibition on restraining-ordered people from doing so, somehow getting past the leaky sieve of our government's background check process. Again, our government "protectors" failed.

The younger sniper is an illegal alien, who was in custody of the INS, who released them for no apparent legal reason. Would the killings have occurred if the shooter lacked a trusted driver with a hatred of America? Did our government "protectors" make the killings possible?

Yet this and all other safety and security issues seem inexorably to lead to more government power, and fewer citizen liberties.

Do we really need to pat the cops on the back for being lucky enough to catch killers only because they essentially turned themselves in? Bare competence is hardly cause for accolades.

Another thought: there may have been some voice scrambling employed, but if not, those various calls must have provided the politically incorrect probability that it was a black man's voice on the line. If so, was this critically useful piece of information withheld from the public for political reasons?

Please let me know if any of my factual assumptions are wrong.

[Grampa Dave]

None of your assumptions are wrong!

Most good police work is not brillant. It is hard work to find linking data/facts that leave a trail to the bad guy.

I still believe that most street cops want to do this dirty work to find the bad guys. However in many cases their PC police chiefs don't want the bad guys caught.

I'm reposting part of your comments with no comments from me, except to say, you probably are not the first to raise this question: "Another thought: there may have been some voice scrambling employed, but if not, those various calls must have provided the politically incorrect probability that it was a black man's voice on the line. If so, was this critically useful piece of information withheld from the public for political reasons?"

[Afronaut]

Thanks yours is the best summary yet. I am glad that they were caught but the cheek kissing is killing me...

[1234]

agreed; these slobs-cops and bad guys-enacted a hellish scenario for our society's enemies: there was very little competence displayed in this event, 'cept the guy spottin the scum at the rest stop.
les hope the INS finds a lesson in MALVO's case....TRY TO BETTER SEAL THE BORDERS and SHORES.

[Semper911]

let me know if any of my factual assumptions are wrong.

On the contrary. You are right on the money.

[DC native]

I have personally combed through your points and can't find a damn thing wrong with a single one of 'em.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Ping (sorry about all the tpyos)

[ActionNewsBill]

The sniper was caught because he WANTED to be caught and/or was so stupid he unintentionally turned himself in, essentially confessing all the needed facts in a telephone call....

The sniper was / is a CIA mind control subject who allowed himself to be "caught" when his alternate programming was activated after the "caught like a duck in a noose" comments read by Chief Moose at the press conference shortly before his "arrest".

Remember how the Chief stressed that it was "important for you to hear us say this"?

There's much more going on here than we are being told about.