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Update: Boston Bombing Suspect HAS NOT BEEN Arrested; Boston Courthouse Evacuated
First we got headlines coming out, from CNN and WCVB TV in Boston, that a suspect is now in custody:
- Law enforcement official: Boston Marathon bomb suspect in custody, expected in federal court.
- Janet Wu reports it is a man who was arrested.
- The officials says the suspect is to be taken into custody by federal marshals and taken to a courthouse.
- There is no immediate word on where the arrest was made.
- Suspects at Federal Court are brought into an entrance away from public view.
- Jack Harper says the security at the Federal Courthouse is almost unprecedented.
- A source tells Newscenter5's WuWCVB that one male suspect delivered both bombs.
AP confirmed:
BREAKING: Law enforcement official: Boston Marathon bomb suspect in custody, expected in federal court. -BW
— The Associated Press (@AP) April 17, 2013
Then this became a media pissing match with both NBC and Reuters denying reports from CNN, AP and WCVB (on the ground), that no arrest has been made.
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And now CNN is denying its original report that a suspect has been arrested. At least no report yet of the Boston Federal Court being under 9 feet of water.
Finally, here comes the FBI:
- NO ARRESTS MADE IN BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING CASE, FBI SAYS
And the Boston Police itself chimes in:
Despite reports to the contrary there has not been an arrest in the Marathon attack.
— Boston Police Dept. (@Boston_Police) April 17, 2013
Well - "New Normal" media.
Latest: Boston courthouse now being evacuated due to a Code Red, as well as Brigham Hospital:
BOSTON: CODE RED INSIDE BOSTON FEDERAL COURT HOUSE, COURT HOUSE AND BRIGHAM HOSPITAL BEING EVACUATED. MCI DECLARED! #911BUFF
— 911 Operator (@911BUFF) April 17, 2013
Here is live coverage from the Boston Federal Court via WCVB Boston:
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Beware anything first reported by CNN.
Is it Obama?
CHeck out his MO
Letter: Drone strikes kill 176 children - Times Union
that was fucking fast, got an ID and arrested him in less the 5 min. Next they will kill him, fly him to a aircraftcarrier and dumb his body in the water with no proof and say its all fixed
This incident has has highlighted some serious shortcomings of our national security policy. We need to seriously review what went wrong here and rethink our anti-terrorism policy. One area that needs to be developed is our ability to track and identify all people on American soil. This data is freely accessible from mobile phones and the identities of the users can simply be stored with the associated mobile phone number in a government database. What's so complicated about that? Whay aren't we doing this? This is the kind of slack government that drives me crazy.
How abou you just bring back your rule of law, applying to everyone? How'd that be?
Janet Wu reports it is a man who was arrested.
"He look like a man..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1zGvQ9WcWg&t=32s
Muzzie bomber = can't blame all muslims!
White shooter = take away all guns from whitey!
Loan wolf tax protestor confesses.
Did the suspect's passport miraculously survived the bombings?
Hmmm, good idea, MDB!
I will use my Dell computer running Microsoft to use Google to search Oracle databases so I can research your concept. Maybe I should try a Bloomberg terminal?
Six of the the world's 10 Richest Jews:
Larry Ellison
Michael Bloomberg
Sergey Brin
Lawrence Page
Steven Ballmer
Michael Dell
The passport was in the pressure cooker in mint condition.
Well thank God we have a man named 'HOLDER' on the job to bring the man to justice...
Nothing complicated, and quite profitable.
They were trying to flush a suspect.
Didn't work.
He just sat in front of his computer and got another cup of coffee.
SEE??? Surveillance cameras are GOOD!
Now let's put one on every corner of our streets and then every room in your house so we can keep you safe. Love, Your Gov't.
Whoever they arrest - the story will be spun and be used to hoodwink and fuck over the good people of this world.
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The End.
Anyone else having a hard time reading text jammed up against the right side of the column?
Was Hakimullah Mehsud And The Pakistani Taliban Behind The Boston Marathon Bombing?
http://thespiritoftruth.blogspot.com/2013/04/was-hakimullah-mehsud-and-p...
Get off your cell phone.
hold your Ctrl key and rotate your mouse wheel or press + or -
Why should they arrest anyone? Have they run out of drones?
Drones save lives. -don't you know what this is all about?
Shit's already being done by the NoSUchAgency with their new building in the Middle of God'sMormonCountry, FFS
MDB must mean that they'll admit to doing it and admit to violating your (ex post facto, long gone) Constitutional Rights
Great excuse to increase surveilence of "potential" domestic terrorists. Time to outlaw gunpowder! We should dobule tax each bullets which uses gunpowder. However, pressure cookers are still okay for general consumption.
On a related note:
What will it take for “Christians” to recognize what Israel really is? The destruction of America?
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/balfour.html
http://jonathancunningham.blogspot.com/2011/05/israels-manifest-destiny.html
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/14/17690032-israels-booming-economy-puts-billions-in-us-aid-under-spotlight
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2012/06/07/alan-hart-israels-attack-on-the-uss-liberty-the-full-story/
Know that Israel is base to the satanic cabal from which to foment conflict, sabotage and religious prejudice. The ultimate agenda is world control in a communistic dystopia. Unfortunately, many indoctrinated Christians unknowingly contribute to the evil through their own ignorance.
In the interest of "intellectual honesty", has anyone else spotted the irony that "Christianity" started off as a Jewish sect? LMAO.
"Fucking splitters!" - Life of Brian.
Hate to brake it to you, but... it's like arguing over the superiority of Bullshit 2.0 over Bullshit 1.0 It's ALL bullshit. Have a beer.
Didnt know Baal-merr is a joo..
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"MCI declared"
Mass casualty incident at the courthouse?
WTF
Yeah, big WTF?
appears to be much ado about nothing
just another chance for blabbering TV idiots
Sounds to me like they're basically polling the entire thing to see how each possible race/religion/connections will play before they commit to the perfect suspect.
And then promptly Breitbart his ass.
Movies with alternative endings. I personally like happy ones.
This is a case where they can't just grab a convenient idiot at a traffic stop and tell us WE HAVE HIM!
Whoever did this is almost certainly going to do it again. And again. And again until they catch his psychopathic ass.
The usual technique of catching the first dark skinned guy they can find with a jail record ain't gonna cut it. While he rots in jail and the pressure cookers keep exploding, serious questions would be asked by even the most hopeless idiots.
This time, the brownshirts are going to actually have to find the real guy or it's going to happen again and again. Could be tougher to crack than UNAbomber too because this ass isn't talking about it to anybody.
This probably isn't a political statement. This is a statement that too many nuts are loose on the streets.
What's the over/under on the Mohammed Coefficient on this one?
Dark Skin....
Well well well....
Where's he from?
White Tea Party guy, mid to late 50's, gun nut, Ron Paul supporter, militia sympathizer (had a cookie on the library free computer he used several years ago even if he'd not been to said library at time of cookie entry) low tax, racist *because he signed a petition against Obama's GMO policy when he was shopping at Whole Foods) drives a gas guzzling import, cools his home to 60 degrees during the heat and humidity of Florida summers, reads ZH...
..and he's got a really deep dark tan
Looks like his FBI handler finally gave him up...
Well then, sounds like that doofus Boehner really has something to cry about now... or is it Mozilo
Damn, beat me to it...was gonna say, headlines...either:
1) "WHITE MALE TEA PARTY RACIST GUN TOTING RIGHT WING NUT", or
2) "REPUBLICAN DOG WHISTLES TRY TO STOP IMMIGRATION REFORM"
did North Korea get a pass on this?
now backtracking, no arrest made.
The media are exceptional at muddying the waters.
When do they announce that the police are pursuing a second suspect into the woods, like they did in Newtown? God I hate that I've become this paranoid.
It's not your fault man. They drove you to this level of paranoia.
It is your fault, because you voluntarily consume their product, which you know to be tainted and unhealthy.
Keep your enemies closer and all that.
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+1 for knowing that 'media' is the plural form of 'medium'.
It is one thing to be agenda driven....however when you integrate that with total incompetance you are really in trouble. We can't trust these imbiciles in either capacity.
They can't even pass an assault weapons ban. How do you think they will take all guns away? The NRA is king here.
+! For Mad TV reference.
It was an assault pressure cooker, with a large capacity volume. Do you realize you can buy these without a license at cooking shows?
***full of BLACK POWDER***
That's next.
-DHS buys all the ammo
-Ban components to make ammo
-Proceed to next phase
Precisely.
edit: How does a "lone wolf" carry 2 backpacks loaded with pressure cookers (full of bb's nails and powder) go UNNOTICED?
fubar.
Sequester
Agents are on their way to The Gooch's dwelling as we speak.
Can't have that idea spreading...
I'm posting from my Obamaphone on the soccer field @ Guantanamo.
How's the food there?
Plentiful!
BREAKING NEWS:
All pressure cookers are to be turned into local law enforcement immediately.....no exceptions
Not if the NPCA can help it.
Whose membership has risen 2,346,789% in the last day.
Spokesperson Granny K. Y. Jelly said that; "Over my dead body, I'll never give in to their "pressure", Goddammit. I worked and slaved my whole fucking life (cackling as teeth spitted out) to be able to retire peacefully and cook shit the way I like it, just like Walter White. I don't bother anybody else and enjoy sitting staring at the fuzz on the television screen all day, picking lint balls and scratching my head. Fuckers. Come and take it you pussies!"
(So Mrs K and I saw that interview on CNN and she looked at me and said; "There are some strange people out there, honey. Did you get more popcorn?")
Molon Ladle.
+100 PSI
How stupid was I to post a picture on the Internet of an unregistered pressure cooker with a capacity of more than 10 jars!
Fuck...James and I are probably suspects.
Thu, 09/27/2012 - 14:43 | hedgeless_horseman
Amen.
Keep an eye out for used pressure cookers/canners, size large, like Lehmans' 42 quart. The price of these things has gotten out of hand...$419.00 new! I think we paid $39 for ours many years ago.
You need a pressure cooker to can milk, meat, fish, and low acid veggies.
In addition to canning, they are also great for cooking swiss steak, fried chicken, and ribs.
Thu, 09/27/2012 - 17:32 | James
I just paid $2.00 for a pressure cooker at a garage sale.
When I brought it in every body asked what are you going to do w/that?
Thu, 09/27/2012 - 16:41 | hedgeless_horseman
Those look like nice presses.
Our peaches and blackberries all get canned.
The blueberries and strawberries all get eaten fresh, usually with homemade granola and fresh yogurt...
I am still trying to figure out what to do with all the passion fruit. Someday we may have pears, but I am not so hopeful.
Ahhh horseman, it was nice to be with you here. Did you not think about the consequences? Such a stupid mistake!
Passion fruit jam?
Passion fruit in Hawaiian is called lilikoi. Try making lilikoi butter, it is Da Bomb on toast: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1568822
yum. i visit zero hedge for the recipes :)
The party van will visit you now HH lol.
Gardening is so fucking hard I don't know how anyone does it...
I finally have some production this year, and a fucking army of squirls comes down from the trees and takes all my blueberries, peaches and tomatos !!!
I should video tape it and put it on yourtube, anger aside it's pretty funny!!
The plan now is to scrap the ENTIRE garden, and build huge greenhouses, but this is going to take like at least 6 months of labor and a bunch of money.
That is a stupid plan.
A smart plan would be to eat the squirrels.
at least one squirrel. on the grill with roasted squirrel juices dripping all over the coals. then make a thick slurry from the coals and rub it on your fence posts. the squirrels will know well enough to stay away, cuz they know they're dealing with someone who doesn't fuck around :)
I predict that by the end of this weekend, every pressure cooker at every garage sale will have disappeared into the hands of average Americans who just like the idea of being ready for SHTF.
"I've got a year's supply of Charmin, a case of SPAM, a solar charger for my cellphone and a pretty good used pressure cooker. I'm ready for Armageddon."
Does this suspect get a trial? held captive in perpetuity? executed immediately? How do we know if due process applies to this one?
There has to be a flow chart somewhere for this now, right?
We all know what's coming. There's almost no need to watch this pageantry play out.
White male, between the ages of 25-45, NRA member, Libertarian or Tea Party connected,
annnnnnnnnd on SSRI's.
Wonder if they'll give him the joker orange hair treatment as well.
He won't be on SSRI's because that would impact negatively on Big Pharma.
And the before and after photos of whoziefutz with the orange hair... not the same guy... look at the eye and nose structure.
If Obama declares him a terrorist, he got Nuthin Comin
I think we will soon come to find out that the suspects were enrolled in a specialized school that would train them to walk with a large pack into unsuspecting crowds. They did not, however, take the course in how to walk out of said crowd.
It will also be found that one and only one sharp agent new the above facts above and was pounding her superiors with this data to no avail.
The above parody is not meant to disparage those who have suffered loss and injury in B-town
A trial might reveal something embarassing, so, no.
Right to Gitmo.
I get that feeling too...
This feels like one of those sting operations gone bad.
Undercover agents convince some loser he'll be a big man, then can't stop him in time.
Now they can't cover up their fuck up, so it's off to gitmo for him!
MDB why not stick a cell phone up your ass and then the gobberment can track every time you fart, have a bowel movement or take it doggy-style. It's where you keep your head so having conversations would be no problem - maybe muffled - but since your ass is so used up it may sound like a hollow cave ------ hello... hello...can anybody hear me in here...can anybody hear me in here
I laughed. Really. +1
CNN= COCK NOZZLE NEWS
Code Red,, Code Red. = Total confusion. Suspect arrested...No sorry no suspect arrested. 5 more bombs found...No sorry no other bombs found Bomber identifed from department store video...Well we are not sure of this.
jay Carney...The president assures us that the FBi has total control of the situation. No FBI press conferences with any detials.
Obama to visit? Maybe not. Some excuse
This is the Worlds finest country in terms of accurate media and bungled law enforcement? Disgusting
I'm usually not much of a conspiracy theorist, but this one is really starting to stink.
Who said 5 bombs and why, and why did they recant?
Who said their was an arrest and why, and why did they recant?
Push it off as bad reporting and move on ... just don't be surprised if no one is caught, or if they are they end up redacted at gitmo.
Either in Gitmo or promoted.
FuckOff MillionDollarMoron, you are wrong again.
This was definitely a staged incident...no fuckin way the FBI can catch the killer in such a short time...I think this incident was created to show to the pissed off sheeps not to do anything stupid because the FBI will be on their nuts within 48 hours....they want to keep leashes on the fuckin sheeps because looks like animosity is finally rising amongst the herd.
It has certainly been an interesting exercise in mass psychology. I have been listening to American radio, and the statist pap is nauseating. It has been all day long, every day. How many security-related apparatchiks does your country have? Their number seems limitless. Guests keep coming on and droning about essentially nothing for hours and hours and hours. It seems like every little two bit agency has somebody who wants to get on the microphone and make sure everyone knows how important he is and how much your safety depends on his people.
Television seems to be focused more on the other kind of interview, the stupid eyewitness "Where were you / What did you feel / What were you thinking" pap.
These developments do beg the question about video tapes and their application/non-application, operation/non-operation and use/non-use in OKC, Pentagon, London 7/7, etc..
Yeah. Private cell phones and cameras accomplish the same purpose without centralisation.
Dear DotGov:
In regards to the recent events in Boston, I am hereby writing to request that you keep you me safe. In order to ensure my safety, I am requesting that the following items be banned from America:
Forks, knives, scissors, daggers, dirks, swords, spears, halberds, axes, saws, sawblades, wrenches, tools of any form, wiring of any form, cords of any form, telephone handsets, large iron implements, guns, cars, airplanes, trains, motorcycles, surfboards, heavy lamps, and statues.
This is list is by no means complete; I'm aware of aggravated assault involving the use of potatoes, and armed robberies involving the use of bananas. Please consider banning these foods in the interest of keeping America safe!
I humbly ask that you consult with me to obtain the full, unabridged list of the items that can be used for purposes of terrorism, as I am constantly vigilant, and eternally fearful of that which could be used to harm me, or threaten my freedoms.
I would also like to inform you that I will happily submit to warrantless phone taps, warrentless searches, warrantless seizures, frisking, pat-downs, body scans, retina scans, total surveillance of society, body cavity searches, and a general Orwellian sense of well-being, in the knowledge that YOU are there to protect me.
Thank you for your consideration in these matters.
With Highest Regards,
John Q. Sheeple (A FREE American)
PS </SARC>
I think Google already does that.
Have you seen the "bing" ads on this? Fucking priceless.
MDB's world is crumbling...
Awww.
The obvious solution is to miniaturize DHS agents and stick them up everyone's ass so we're all constantly monitored. You should volunteer for the preliminary experiments in the name of science and patriotism.
That's where I store my 'bit-coins'
http://buttcoin.org/history
They have all that already. Security checkpoints with metal detectors outside the 10 block area would have done it.
Just thinking inside the box.
USA! USA! USA!
What HASN'T the Obowel Movement lied about, MDB?
Everone here knows MillionDollarBonus is far too cowardly to answer.
Yes, but what if we leave our cell phone at home. THEY MUST TRACK EVERYONE EVERYWHERE TO INSURE OUR FREEDOMS. I got it! RFID everyone! Fuck yeah. then no one will ever die again. I hear DHS has a team watching the skies to try to stop lightning strikes cuz those kill like 24,000 people a year and may be a part of a terrorist network. Great minds think alike, MDB. They should place your RFID up your ass close to your brains.
/Sarc
Why the sarc tag?
upper portion was sarc and then I got all into dispariaging MDB and turned into a rant.
I guess 0.5/Sarc
MDB, I never know whether i should up arrow you or down arrow you. Either way, i want to register my support for your humor.
Like voting without an identification card?
MDB in trolling you are the best!
Where have you been?
The banks are free to orchestrate these acts since Eric Holder put them above the law. He is behind this just as he was behind supplying the Mexican drug lords with weapons.
this is getting old
The Great Brother Nathanael:
Boston Marathon…Liberty Graveyard
Breaking story on News at 8:
a man police have tentatively identified as "Jack Rubenstein" has been arrested for the murder of the chief suspect in yesterdays atrocity...
the 'dark skinned male' perpetrator was said to have been heard to utter "I'm a patsy" before succumbing to his injuries.
Suspected killer Rubenstein apparently runs a dance and art school for visiting students of an small beacon of democracy in the middle east.
A SMALL CIRCLE OF CONSPIRATORS
The close connections between a relatively small circle of people and those in their immediate spheres of influence is no coincidence. That all of them, in some fashion, were part of the circumstances surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy is also no coincidence. Critics of JFK assassination conspiracy theories contend that a conspiracy so immense would require a vast number of people involved. In fact, the mechanics of initiating the conspiracy described in Final Judgment involved perhaps no more than 20 people. Most of those ultimately involved in the conspiracy were probably not even aware of the activities of the others who were involved.
So then, let us name, for the record, those whom we believe had advance knowledge that John F. Kennedy was going to be killed on November 22, 1963. They are:
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion;
Israeli Mossad assassinations chief Yitzhak Shamir;
Permindex chief executive officer Louis M. Bloomfield;
Mossad officer and Permindex banker Rabbi Tibor Rosenbaum;
CIA Counterintelligence chief James J. Angleton;
French intelligence officer Georges deLannurien;
Crime Syndicate boss Meyer Lansky
Read the entire book Final Judgment here:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/8298527/Final-Judgment-Mossad-and-the-JFK-Assasination
OK I saw this earlier from jimstonefreelance.com
They're going to pin this event on a male late teens to early 20s and say he did it because he's unstable. They are going to find firearms and a NRA book in his home. They are going to to say he used reloading powder for the explosion and that reloading powder shouldn't be for sale to the public. They are then going to say that because the powder in ammunition can be used for explosions that the number of rounds you can buy should be limited and taxed to help pay for these events.
I can't do anything or I'll lose my job and possibly face criminals charges. Please don't let them get away with it. They won't find the suspect till later this week and the raid is issued to occur on Friday. This was a staged event. The people hurt are real but the event was planned. Don't let them hurt our rights."
--Admin comment - Let's step by step this as the elite scammers do it. Here we go:
Step 1. "They're going to pin this event on a male late teens to early 20s and say he did it because he's unstable." - HERE IS THE ARTICLE THAT PROVES THE LONE WOLF, SINGLE MAN DOING IT -Step 1 in the setup complete - READ THAT FREAKING ARTICLE THAT IS LINKED, IT IS SPOOKY
Step 2 - They are going to find firearms and a NRA book in his home. They are going to to say he used reloading powder for the explosion and that reloading powder shouldn't be for sale to the public. Step 2 pending
Step 3 - They are then going to say that because the powder in ammunition can be used for explosions that the number of rounds you can buy should be limited and taxed to help pay for these events. - step 3 pending
Step 4. I can't do anything or I'll lose my job and possibly face criminals charges. Please don't let them get away with it. They won't find the suspect till later this week and the raid is issued to occur on Friday. Step 4, pending
something wrong with that?
No whereabouts of where arrest was made??? I am sure it was in the Middle East somewhere.
in his FBI handler's living room?
They made the arrest during the burial at sea. Miranda rights at 20,000 leagues. Movie and merchandise due out in 6 months. Now let's get back to the work of banning guns!
Merchandising: where the real money from the spectacle is made.
BostonBomber: the T-shirt, BostonBomber: the Coloring Book, BostonBomber: the Lunchbox, BostonBomber: the Breakfast Cereal, BostonBomber: the Pressure Cooker!!!
(the kids love this one)
Everything 'for the children'.
So they have a plan in place to move the emergency arraignment judge off-site if/when an arrest is made so that the long-term situation at the courthouse will not stall the first appearance.
Is the arraignment that important to do right away? Any lawyers in the house?
Everyone was rushed out and then a grey van quickly backed into the court house. An armed guard was hanging from the van. Who was in the van? I am watching local Boston channel 5.
OK guys.
Anyone seen madhedgefundtrader? You don't suppose he overdosed on rare earth positions and went postal?
he's in the bunker with Dr. Strangelove, at the invitation of the President.
Is Reggie Love there also? How about Kal Penn?
Reggie has an alibi- he was blowing obama monday afternoon
Bullshit! Dr. Strangelove is in Berlin, he now calls himself "Schaeuble".
http://imgur.com/a/sUrnA/noscript
Here are the real pictures of the bombers. Get this out before it is to late.
I like the picture where the smartass circled the chick's ass and wrote "da bomb"
Like anyone needed it highlighted to figure that one out.
I have mastered the art of Hot Ass Detection through years of practice.
The dude with the black hat at bottom right seems to have mastered it too.
Downloaded to disk, and cloud for later comparison with thee Ministry of
Truth version.
See whate the daily Hate is (MSNC) later today.
Just did the same. Great minds...
Think for themselves
MSDNC's ratings are in the toilet.
Don't worry, no matter how much money they lose, they won't be allowed to go out of business.
No control of on the scene visual evidence this time. So we'll see what we see.
Those bags look awful lightweight to be pressure cooker bombs, not enough pull on the straps to be something heavy, IMO.
What's with the junks? You guys do understand that something like that is going to be fairly heavy, right?
Thanks for the link
"Here are the real pictures of the bombers. Get this out before it is to late. "
The pics are eerie. Have been looking at them and looking at them. Don't like what I am seeing.
That is some cool federal courthouse. Waterfront property too right on Boston Bay. Lots of offices with windows. Even dogs allowed in.
wow nice
I like the bearded guy for two reasons: 1) the straps look to match the blown bag, and 2) who the fuck carries a backpack like that unless they're about to drop it.
IMO the two matching dudes are LEO/MIL/security (look at the pants and boots) and probably belong...unless you're into conspiracy theories.
Thanks for the scoop. Those images are really detailed. I count four suspects. 2 with ear pieces and definite military bearing. One lone (white) bearded male and one (dark) young guy. I guess they hedged this one with one of each to blame. As for the military types (CIA? Mossad? Private?) they will probably be identified as the "Good guys" on a covert security detail, or young Israeli salesmen on vacation.
You would think these images would be all over the msm by now to identify them, or at least eliminate them from their investigation. My money is on the lonely mental looking bearded white guy to take the blame. How he managed to carry two heavy backpacks around without anyone noticing will be glossed over. According to the email, his arrest will happen on Friday.
wow, kinda creepy photos... why were military guys there so fast, and carrying mysterious backpacks?
whoever posted those must be very good at Where's Waldo
I'll bet one ounce of gold it was a white male.
So you're a sexist racist goldbug?
is there any other kind?
Goldbugs save their gold, gamblers bet their gold.