NYT/AP: FBI Questions Someone in NFL Threat

[DeepModem Mom]

FBI Questions Someone in NFL Threat
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: October 19, 2006

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI interviewed a Milwaukee resident Thursday who officials believe was involved in posting Internet threats about dirty bomb attacks on NFL football stadiums this weekend. The threats appeared to be phony.

The person, described only as a young adult, did not appear to have any ties to terrorist groups, according to a Washington law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing.

In Milwaukee, FBI spokesman Richard K. Ruminski said the ''individual has come forward and provided information about the posting of the threat against the NFL stadiums. The U.S. government still believes this threat is non-credible.''

''As this is an ongoing matter, we will not provide any additional information at this time,'' Ruminski said in a statement.

The threats about radioactive bombs, posted on a Web site a week ago, were not backed up by intelligence indicating such an attack might be imminent, according to the FBI and the Homeland Security Department....

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/sports/AP-FBN-Football-Threats.html

[MidwestTransplant]

1. The Freepers will have one less poster for a while, I imagine.

[shadowknows69]

2. Bwahh ha ha ha!

:rofl:

[MGKrebs]

3. Must be a white guy.

If he was Middle Eastern he'd be in Gitmo already.

And what difference does it make whether they can connect him with a known "terrorist group"? That sounds a lot like code for "Arabic". A terrorist doesn't have to be associated with a group.

[zbdent]

6. as opposed to a teenage girl

[lpbk2713]

4. They had a photo of the suspect to go by .....

After that it was just a matter of checking addresses on the freeper website membership list.

:eyes:

[pointblank]

13. Can we make a DU rule

that anyone who posts the "moran" picture must block out the Cardinals on the "moran's" t-shirt?

Its making real Cardinals fans look bad.

Thank You.

Oh yea, GO CARDS!

[lpbk2713]

14. I won't do it again.

Not for a couple of weeks anyhow.


Don't want to jinx anyone.

[Doremus]

5. I wouldn't put it past Bushco to post threats like this themselves.

Makes it oh-so-much easier justifying the "need" to shove through more intrusive internet laws, dontchaknow.

[DoYouEverWonder]

12. Why do you think they support sites like Free Republic?

They don't have to do it themselves, they know their minions will do it for them.

[Marie26]

7. So let me get this straight.

A teenager in Milwaukee posts a random sentence in a chat room about "dirty bombs" at the NFL games, and CNN goes into overdrive for 12 hours?

[keepCAblue]

8. Yup, that's about the gist of it. eom

[Jacobin]

10. That's correct

:eyes:

this country is officially bonkers.

[BootinUp]

9. Can they question O'Rielly next, he is threatening to

blow up bloggers with hand grenades.

[lpbk2713]

11. And Annthrax

She has a lot of noteworthy quotes they can ask her about.