I am not sure if he was the only one. If he was, then that is even worse. But it was said on FR that he headed it (the task force) up. Moose is, from what I have seen, read and heard, not the type of Chief to go after snipers. Or anyone beyond that of a purse snatcher or shoplifter. I could care less if he is black or white; BUT the thing is that he is black, is PC, and apparently refused to "profile" the snipers, instead releasing a yet-to-be-found truck image. That makes it even worse, and puts him as a racist, because HE made race an issue. Accurate article, IMO. But I could be wrong on this. But I don't think so.
The article singles out Moose and lets the feds off the hook. THAT was my point. Apparently on FR, the PC way is not to be analytical, to go beyond the story, and go along with the rest of the posters. I pointed out that the FBI, not Moose, profiled, and the FBI blew it. I pointed out that there were a number of jurisdictions involved on the task force from local, county, state and federal agencies, but only Moose was getting the blame. I pointed out that when the feds, particularly the FBI, are involved in multijurisdictional taskforces, the information flows only one way (to them) and that they take over the investigation. I pointed out that it was Attorney General John Ashcroft and the Justice Department who made the charging decisions. I want to know if you think that Moose made all the decisions on this taskforce without any discussions with any of the other local, county, state and federal agencies. I want to know if you think that Moose took all the tipline phone calls. I want to know if you think that Moose was the only investigator/detective/beat cop on this case, although it spanned two states and DC.
And most especially, I'd like to know why you are more than willing to absolve the FBI (especially the FBI), the ATF (especially the ATF), the US Secret Service and the Postal Service (as well as other federal alphabet agencies) from any responsibility and blame it all on Moose, simply because he's black, he doesn't talk the way people want him to talk, and was the face out front of this investigation. Given the history of the feds, I'd like to know why they are absolved from any & all mistakes made and that Moose is responsible for them all.