Gothamist: BREAKING: Letter to Congress Claims Responsibility for Times Square Bombing

Mike D

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:55:26 -0500

I blame Critical Mass. Or Karl Rove.

WesleySnipesAlot

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:10:15 -0500

"We Did It"???? pffft dude has seen 12 Monkeys too many times.

petebfd

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:33:41 -0500

actually the letters have nothing to do with the bombing according to the fbi: http://www.wnbc.com/news/15523668/detail.html?rss=ny&psp=news

Rocknrope

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:28:56 -0500

It does seems strange that the timing of the receipt of the letter worked out so perfectly, especially given what the AP said.

JenChungsBra

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:22:19 -0500

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAH!!!!! The first conspiracy theory about the Times Square Bomber! How funny. Like a firecracker going off on a sidewalk at 4AM is going to scare anyone. This guy's going to get caught. They got him on videotape and now they have these mailings with all the forensic evidence that entails.

mdowning

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:40:40 -0500

10 & 15: quite right, quite right.

pissyrabbit

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:39:14 -0500

I find it exceedingly interesting that with oh... about 4000 cameras in Times Sq and the countless cameras around consulates that they can't find this person. Unless of course they are deliberately *not* finding them. Just a thought but maybe this is not such a surprise and maybe this is an excuse to say "Seeeeee?!? We need more wiretapping and invasion into your privacy in order to *protect* you." I am putting my money on an inside job, if you know what I mean. Curiously timed don't ya think? Especially since it seems that congress has finally begun to push back. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/washington/03fisa.html?ref=todayspaper

JacqueMehoff

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:46:51 -0500

at least we won't be having any national conventions here this year.

jaycjay

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 02:16:54 -0500

"If the members of Congress got the letters today, that means that they had to have been sent a day or two ago." More than that, apparently. From the AP: "Capitol Police said the envelopes went through the standard security process. That process, which involves radiating incoming mail, can easily take a week or more, making it likely the letters were mailed well ahead of the bombing." Also, in contrast to the "red hair" mentioned above, the same article states: "The man in the photo was thin, white with graying hair, wearing a striped flannel shirt and jeans..." http://apnews.myway.com//article/20080307/D8V8E7OG2.html

virgil

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:47:58 -0500

Red-haired male in his 30's? Will we never be rid of Carrot Top?

Art Stewel

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:10:44 -0500

It was Sergeant Slaughter. Great publicity.

Toby von Meistersinger

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:35:47 -0500

They would have probably done more damage if they stole a SUV and drove it into the building.

Streamwise

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:12:39 -0500

Bomb my ass. I could put an M80 in a box and cause a bigger incident....

babyhitler

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:49:17 -0500

HMMM. General election coming up and small acts of Terrorism? It worked well enough in 2000 with the anthrax, I remember my moms buying cipro, I think it's time the Karl Rove fear machine started up again. I can see it now "We need a strong leader that will defend this Nation....and that Man is John McCain"

Jen S

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:39:00 -0500

Possibly related: a Canadian got my bank info and stole close to $3000 - enough to buy a 10-speed bike and dark hoodie?

Art Stewel

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:23:10 -0500

The Sex in the City movie will be the bigger bomb.

MFer

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:10:27 -0500

Crazy Canadian Kooks.

Ethan

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:16:48 -0500

Army of We

nik13

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:43:52 -0500

Did they determine sex of the "bomber"? IMHO it was either an anti-war Code Pink lesbian or cheated delivery dude from local MSG Kitchen.

blablanyc

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:33:00 -0500

Obama did it.

kane

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:16:09 -0500

If the members of Congress got the letters today, that means that they had to have been sent a day or two ago.

Neil Epstein

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:16:01 -0500

Wow, this whole thing is crazy. Kinda funny they take responsibility for the smallest attack I've ever heard of. Hopefully it was just to show they can, not to show they will kill people... But thats not how terrorism works.