What should a free man do?

Turn your head and cough

How was your Monday going?  Pretty well, after a nice weekend, I hope.

A crisp salute to Debbie Schlussel for her great work in following this story.

So, then; what're you gonna do about it?

Don't think this is nothing to worry about.  There are a number of issues here.

The cops caught him before he killed anyone.  What if they were late? 

The courts let him skate with just probation, which will allow him to finish his medical training.  You want this savage or his type drawing blood from your kid or giving DPT shots? Or handing you your meds at the local pharmacy?

If this Muslim doctor wannabe has this jihadi attitude, how many others are out there this very moment with the same feelings and convictions?  How many more are on the way by way of immigration laws that do nothing to keep these mystery medicos away from potential intended victims?

Think about it.

And then you might want to consider being very picky about the religion of any doctor, nurse, or pharmacist who might treat you.  Follow the comments and links here if you're not yet convinced.

Nothin' to see here, folks

Here's an update on  this sagacious post having to do with the suspicious men on the Seattle ferry last fall.

And, if you can stomach it, here is a smug lecture on how right the PI felt it was to not run the pictures in their paper.

After that crock o' crap, maybe you're ready for some lucid observations.

As noted, the PI has reliably run pictures of violent crime suspects in order to help local police solve crimes. I can guarantee you there were times when the picture or sketch helped the cops come up with a person of interest... and that person was found to not have been involved in the crime.

But when the FBI asks the PI to do this exact thing one more time, for the good of the people, the PI gets high and mighty.

This liberal lunatic double-standard is just nauseating, isn't it?

And, now to the FBI.

I was formerly a Special Agent with the US Army Criminal Investigation Division. Though the FBI has primary investigative jurisdiction on federal property, CID agents investigate all felony crimes committed on Army installations. There's more to it than that, but that's all you need to know for me to make this point.

As part of an investigation of a major crime, CID Agents had to contact the local FBI office to ask if they wanted to assume investigative jurisdiction on that particular case. If the FBI said yes, then we had to give all our case work to the FBI. 

That's the procedure still today.

Many, many times we dutifully called the local FBI office to see if they wanted to assume and were told by their agents to call back in a few days. 

Why?  So they could wait for us to solve the crime for them, without them doing any work. 

I know personally of scores of times when agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation waited to assume until we had identified a suspect.  Then they would officially take the case, swoop in and make the arrest ~ and then claim all the credit in the press.

Many times.  It was disgusting and unprofessional and unfair.  And they still do it today.

Why?  Because, as good as they are, they are glory hounds.  They will not permit their image to be tarnished in any way.

So, what's my point?

You can't trust the FBI to tell you the truth ~ that's my point. 

They will lie to you, lie to us, in order to protect their reputation. As if their dishonesty and cover-ups haven't become part of the lore by now.

That in mind, there is no reason at all to believe them when they assure us the ferry suspects were  found to be innocent business consultants.

Go to Annie Jacobsen's story and see how the feds screw up and then cover up. Watch it all and explore.  She knows her stuff.

So, unerschrocken; pay attention.  Do not be deceived.  Do not be lulled into complacency.

You're accountable for what you know... and then what you do.

Seattle PI

Lots of dust flyin' here because the Seattle Times and Seattle PI both initially refused to print the photos of the two men probably doing recon on the ferry.  Original story here.  The Times gave in to pressure and printed the pictures.

The FBI asked the newspapers for help, as they've requested in many other cases. 

The PI remains defiant and delusional.

"We have no confirmation that these men's behavior was anything but innocuous, and to forever taint them by associating them with terrorism under these circumstances is not consistent with our policy," said David McCumber, PI managing editor.

The PI decided their opinion viz civil rights is more important than the lives of its readers. Yet they will reliably post photos of suspects/persons of interest in other investigations.  In this case, and others, they decided they know better than you.  They decided for you, Seattle.

Shame on them.

And let's not let The Times off the hook entirely.  The evidence both papers leave indicting them of blatant hypocrisy is years old and bales high. Fortunately, for now, the trail is just printed pulp, and not dead bodies.

There are men and women out there who mean us harm. In order to maximize the death and destruction, they will be meticulous and careful in their planning, including recon that is as thorough as time will allow.

Great thanks to the locals here who did the right thing and reported what they saw.  Thank you.

Gotta run for now.  I'll write more later with some thoughts about the ferry and some practical/tactical options if something should look like it's going wrong when you're aboard one.