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Strategies & Market Trends : Galapagos Islands
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To: Jorj X Mckie who started this subject10/15/2002 8:35:45 PM
From: bramble88  Read Replies (2) of 57110
 
I apologize for getting a bit political on sniper issue before. Here is the latest (WSJ):

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon has agreed to the use of military aircraft to help authorities hunt for a sniper serial killer who has terrorized the Washington, D.C. area for two weeks, a U.S. Defense Department official said.

Meanwhile, investigators said Tuesday they were confident that detailed witness accounts from the scene will lead them to the person who has now killed nine people. An analyst for the Federal Bureau of Investigation who studied terror threats became the sniper's latest victim in a Monday night shooting at a store parking lot.

A senior law enforcement source said there were no indications the sniper targeted Linda Franklin because of her job. Sources said she worked for the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, which assesses threats against major structures and cyber networks.

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld agreed Tuesday evening to the FBI's request to use military surveillance aircraft in the hunt for the killer, the official said. The help will be provided in a way meant to comply with the Posse Comitatus Act -- a 19th century law that bans the military from domestic law enforcement.

That means the military will relay data to law enforcement and not decide on its own what targets to watch, the official said.

The plan calls for having military pilots fly reconnaissance flights accompanied by federal agents, who would relay any collected information to authorities on the ground, a senior defense official said on condition of anonymity. A main objective was to improve communication among investigators.

The aircraft would perform general reconnaissance, such as looking for or tracking the light-colored van authorities say was seen at one or more of the shooting sites. Pentagon participation also could involve a system of sensors that could detect flashes of gunfire on the ground, the official said.
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