Muhammad converted to Islam while he was in the Army, and was doctrinaire in some regards, Green said. He encouraged his wife to wear a veil and became upset when she got a short haircut, even though it made her look younger. He expressed a strong racial nationalism - he affectionately addressed Green as "black man" - disliked whites and spoke against those who didn't belong to the Nation of Islam, as he and his wife did, Green said.
Once, Green accompanied the couple to a mosque with another black man whose white wife was barred from entering. "I told [Muhammad] in the car that was b--- and he told me not to curse," Green recalled.
Liz Michael's theory of why Muhammad wanted to get caught makes sense.
But why did Muhammad not make his agenda clear while the shootings were going on? Even now, after being caught, one can speculate on his message, but it's still just speculation. Why didn't he spell it out if this was his purpose?
I do agree that the snipers let themselves be caught, but I don't think this provides an adequate explanation.
By the way, as the tag-line says, Liz Michael is running a campaign for the U.S. Senate in Arizona, but let's just say that she's the opposite of a mainstream candidate.