FBI Hearing on NOW 5pm. Boston Live Blog

[itshappening]

Look at this picture. It's obviously Suspect #2 and the bag is right at his feet.

What more do you need? It's going to become very apparent that suspect #1 planted the bomb near the finish line and suspect #2 planted the bomb by the tree in front of the forum 10 feet away from the street. Now were they handled? that's a different story altogether. Handled by whom is even a better question, and that doesn't mean I think it was false flag or US government operation. These guys didn't blow themselves up, yet wanted to inflict massive carnage. They must have known that the photographs and videos alone would eventually get them, so I'm still confused about the endgame here. Surely they won't allow themselves to be arrested, will they?

Yes i've just seen it. Suspect 2 is definitely a dropper but I dont know about #1. What the guy described is not necessarily a positive match for him. I'd like to see if he pops up elsewhere first.

 

[itshappening]

Also the pic of #2 next to the poor child could be photoshopped I dont know. It's not a great picture.

 

[Cap]

Kramer, that's the first time I have seen that picture, where did you find it?

 

[itshappening]

Notice how distorted the pictures are. even a most crappy digital camera would produce better res than this.

Where are they coming from?

I'm starting to question everything now.

 

[cajuncocoa]

No duh.

Something's not right. No one goes out and does a bombing wearing a backwards white cap. I mean come on that's just too much.

You would know that your going to stand out on every camera around the area.

He's being handled.

Been watching too many episodes of Criminal Minds?

 

[KramerDSP]

Reddit

[–]irritate 9 points 13 minutes ago
CNN commenting about unreleased footage.
While video of at least one suspect planting the bomb exists, the FBI had chosen not to release it, according to the official. One reason, according to the official, is that were the media to repeatedly show the suspects leaving the bomb, it might cause some people to overreact if they came into contact with them.
Also Other footage, still unreleased, shows that the two suspects stayed at the scene to watch the carnage unfold, a federal law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation told CNN's Susan Candiotti.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/18/us/boston-blasts/index.html

 

[itshappening]

Been watching too many episodes of Criminal Minds?

I've seen every episode of CSI and in my experience bombers don't tend to wear white caps.

Joking but seriously... it's weird.

 

[KramerDSP]

Kramer, that's the first time I have seen that picture, where did you find it?

I found it on the Reddit thread. I used the "new" option to see the newest stuff coming up. There;s still debate on whether the pic is real or shopped, though.

 

[itshappening]

I've a hard time believing anything from the FBI. They might Dorner these guys and we'll never see the "evidence"

 

[Kodaddy]

Two stoner-hoodrat-gangster wannabes are approached by the special agents. Plied with pot and beer, they recruit the townies to take part in a bomb-drill training exercise. They are told that they would be placing "dummy" charges along the race route, and are told to get away quickly.
On the day of the drill, their handlers supply them with more beer and pot and backpacks and they go along with the plan. One kid drops off the supposed dummy bomb and moves away quickly. As the second kid is preparing to drop his pack off, the first one explodes. Realizing this is not supposed to happen, it's only supposed to be a drill, he freaks out, drops his pack and starts running as his pack explodes.
Pants torn, he escapes into the crowd to meet up with his handlers and his buddy at the Motel6. They finally realize they been had as the g-men gives them a .45 caliber lobotomy.
G-men find them and reports they have their bombers who have committed a ritual suicide together.

Sorry, didn't mean to interrupt the thread. Just thinking about a screenplay I might want to write...





/s

 

[itshappening]

All we have is a 30 second video of two guys walking round a block and some low-res and circumspect pictures

Plus the FBI assuring us they have more but can't release it which is just pathetic.

 

[Cap]

I found it on the Reddit thread. I used the "new" option to see the newest stuff coming up. There;s still debate on whether the pic is real or shopped, though.

Thanks.

 

[itshappening]

In the original video I am not all convinced they're together. #1 is walking calmly and rationally, #2 is a bit more erratic. he might be following him but there's no acknowledgment there.

 

[itshappening]

And why would they "string" follow like that? why not just walk around together as "friends"

If you really are as careless as to bomb the Boston Marathon and expose yourself to multiple cameras why take a precaution like that? Why make it seem like you're not together?

 

[itshappening]

Presumably if they're "together" they do at some point congregate and leave the scene satisfied with their "work".

Or maybe they just flee in opposite directions.

Either way at some point they were together then decide to walk round a block in single file? it seems a bit random.

 

[CPUd]

Well, I'll be.....

https://twitter.com/jeffcdi/status/325042590036668416

Study up on image compression and resizing algorithms, and you will have a better understanding why those pixels are distorted like that.

 

[KramerDSP]

Fox News is reporting a possible Pakistan connection:

"Pakistan's intelligence agency has received two lists of names from U.S. officials seeking information believed to be related to the Boston Marathon bombings, sources in Pakistan have told Fox News.

The names on the lists have not been disclosed but include both Pakistani citizens and dual U.S.-Pakistani nationals, the sources told Fox News. U.S. officials want to know if any of those named had links to militant or religious extremist groups in Pakistan, the sources said.

Pakistani intelligence is also expected to check the names of those who recently traveled to or from Pakistan, along with information on their relatives, friends, and places they may have visited."

(Fox News)

 

[The Goat]

Study up on image compression and resizing algorithms, and you will have a better understanding why those pixels are distorted like that.

I was about to say the same thing. digital camera's "refresh" an area when something changes, like when someone walks by a wall, especially a brick wall like that one.

 

[The Goat]

also, someone was saying its a bad pic. its blown up and cropped. original from a few pages back.

 

[MRK]

wrong thread, whoops