Let's Keep an Open Mind About the Sniper
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While I was raising the possibility Wednesday that the D.C. sniper is an Al Qaeda type terrorist, federal interrogators were getting on a plane for Guantanamo Bay to interview detainees about what they might know of plans to turn snipers loose in America.
Good.
It's still a good idea to keep an open mind about who the shooter could be. He may be a white guy with a bunch of guns who is angry at the world, but he also may be part of the worldwide Al Qaeda terror network.
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After all, as angry as white men with guns sometimes are, Islamisists are angrier. Not only that, they have a recent track record of trying to kill us and doing a bang-up job of it.
So if the cops down in D.C. have a decent description of the shooter, and they do know it's a Middle Eastern-looking man, and they are keeping that information private so as to not panic the public... is that a good thing?
I don't think so. Keep the public ignorant for the sake of public ignorance doesn't sound like a good idea. You have to ask to what purpose it serves.
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How does it help the public to be lulled into a false sense of security?
On the other hand, if cops are withholding information in their effort to communicate with the sniper, or if they are holding back information as a way to advance the investigation, that is an understandable thing.
We all want the sniper caught, and if authorities are making an occasional misstatement to help catch him, I don't think any complaint is justified.That's My Word .
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