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Geoff Aronson's avatar

One question that was not asked and I have yet to hear ask anywhere: why did the sharpshooters on the more sloped roofs wait several seconds (apparently 16 seconds) to kill Crooks and let him get off several shots before a single shot killed him? For that matter, they had to have seen him on the roof with a rifle. They could have killed him at least 2 minutes before he started shooting.

And if they had to get permission prior to Crooks shooting, then they had to have notified the Agent in Charge of the THREAT, not suspicious person.

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Howard S.'s avatar

Reminds me a bit of 9/11. I remember it well, was glued to the media as the whole event played out (online, CNN was pretty much the only online mainstream news at that time). Within two hours after the hijackings, the government has released to the news media the names and photographs of the hijackers of all four planes - Pittsburgh, the Pentagon, and the two that hit the WTC. Two hours! Almost as if they knew in advance who these guys were. Just saying.

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