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So police came across the sniper suspects at least 11 times during the long manhunt, but let them go every time. The D.C. police chief acknowledged that race was a factor in this amazing failure. "Everybody was looking for a white car with white people," he told The Washington Post. Writing on his Web site, Andrew Sullivan said this was racial profiling. If a white killer had been let go 11 times because cops were looking for a black man, he asked, "Wouldn't this be the basis for uproar? Wouldn't the cops involved be fired? Wouldn't there be a massive...

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCERhttp://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/93311_tacoma29.shtml Muhammad, Malvo linked to crimes herePolice say guns loaned to pair were used in shootingsTuesday, October 29, 2002By MIKE BARBER, LEWIS KAMB AND CANDACE HECKMANSEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTERSTACOMA -- Handguns provided by a friend of two men accused of being the D.C. snipers were used to kill a young mother here in February and to blast a synagogue here in May, authorities said last night.The guns were loaned to John Allen Muhammad by an acquaintance who allowed the former Fort Lewis soldier and his young companion, Lee Boyd Malvo, to stay at his home, authorities said.Accusations of a link...