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Chief Moose goes ballistic over sniper leak...
The police chief investigating a string of Washington-area sniper shootings said Wednesday that leaks could compromise the investigation and harshly criticized former law enforcement officers speculating about the case. "Maybe they don't live here," said Montgomery County Police Chief Charles Moose. "Maybe they don't have children that live here. So it's all fun to be on television. But maybe they need to come here, live here, sit outside and have coffee, and then let's see how open they'll be to ranting and raving and then calling the suspect or the suspects names."
Yep. All bent out of shape...
Several news organizations, including WUSA-TV, The Washington Post and The Associated Press, citing unnamed sources, reported Wednesday that police had found a taunting message outside a school where a 13-year-old boy was shot Monday. According to the reports, a note reading "Dear policeman, I am God" was left on a Tarot card known as the Death card, part of a deck used in fortune telling.
Probably he knows something that I don't. On its face, that looks like the sort of valuable information he'd want to get out to the public. If the data are wrong, he should say so — no card, no message. If the info's right, it says lots of interesting things:

  • The shooter's not a turban and probably not the guy in camo pants with a gun fixation.
  • If the goober claims to be God, he's probably an 18- to 24-year-old; older than that, people usually have some humility, or at least enough self-consciousness that they don't claim to be God.
  • He's into tarot, which suggests goth culture, or some other sort of New Age foolishness.
  • He's also into Drama — he sees himself, or wants to see himself, as Important, the Star of the Show, the Center of Attention.

    The card itself provides a handwriting sample, unless it's a typed message, which will give a clue to nationality if he's not a native Merkin. It may also contain fingerprints. So why hide it away? He knows he left it...
    Moose said Wednesday that citizens should let officials know if they want the media to investigate the shootings or if they want police to handle the case. He declined to talk about the card.
    That's pure snit. Put that down to his not getting enough sleep...
    "It is inappropriate to comment about this card," Moose said. "I need to make sure I don't do anything to hinder our ability to bring this person or these people into custody. ... Let us do our job."
    Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-10-09
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