Drudge has a big headline 'Not the same Gun.'
There's definitely something that doesn't add up in this. Obviously that feeling partially arises from the fact that the cops aren't sharing all the info. However, the backstory of these two guys combined with how they were found/arrested just doesn't fit with what seems to be the tone of communications between the sniper and the police.
But, anyway, we will see...
Ooops - Drudge just took that headline down and replaced it with this story which says a gun wasn't found in the car.
I'm starting to think these two guys could have been set up. But, hey, we're in the realm of pure speculation at this point.
But, in any case let me round up a few of the more sensible posts on this:
From Max:
ISLAM! ISLAM! ISLAM! Just thought I would get into the act too. Note to the clueless: just because I change my name to Joe Islam doesn't mean I'm part of a worldwide terrorist conspiracy. Further note: "leaderless resistance" refers to decentralized operatives who have first been organized to perform certain tasks after dispersal. It does not refer to any dude who takes it into his deranged head to emulate something he saw on television. Question: is there any event you would not exploit for the sake of harping on your theme of a worldwide war on Islam?
from Unqualified Offerings:
The ironic thing about the case is that, to whatever extent Islam-inspired anti-Americanism turns out to have fueled Muhammad's spree, it still doesn't seem like settling early on the "terrorist theory" would have helped catch him. Everyone wanted the police out there looking for foreign sleeper agents with "olive skin" and "broken english." But Muhammad is as American as I am. Call him, with reservations, "the black Tim McVeigh."
and Sterling:
If you're going to use the term Islamofascist, wouldn't it be best if you use it on someone who actually fits the term Fascist? That he favors the destruction of the democracy [this one] and prefers a nation with a centralized dictatorial control or a Islamic religious revolution? Or am I forever banned from the blarghers club?
More updates. Sterling says:
Is this turning into a Richmond?
Montgomery, Alabama police just concluded a press conference where they shot down speculation about a robbery, or a theft of credit cards down there. The speculation had been that our ransomer wanted to transfer $10 million to a credit card. They didn't even want to talk about if there was a letter with Malvo's prints, which would seem to be a smoking gun on this. Things are getting odd here.
And also, from comments:
[T]he "duck in a noose" bit is a reference to an old Cherokee story, where a rabbit believes he has caught a duck in a noose for dinner, but the duck escapes and the rabbit starves.
