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Logical

(22,457 posts)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:44 PM Apr 2013

One guy is toast. Face very visible. The other guy seemed to hide his face better.

Someone has probably called the FBI on the one guy already. Which will tie him to the other guy.

These idiots sure did not try to hide their faces. Bad planning. Good for us!


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One guy is toast. Face very visible. The other guy seemed to hide his face better. (Original Post) Logical Apr 2013 OP
Do you have a photo or link available? Quantess Apr 2013 #1
Try the NY Times .. Trajan Apr 2013 #9
Photos on the link below Tx4obama Apr 2013 #10
Thank you, kind sir or madam. :-) patrice Apr 2013 #19
photos DCBob Apr 2013 #15
That's assuming they aren't two frat boys with beer in their backpacks. Dash87 Apr 2013 #2
store security video shows suspect #2 dropping his backpack magical thyme Apr 2013 #7
dropping a BEER stash, NO WAY! nt patrice Apr 2013 #20
I hope you're right! nt frogmarch Apr 2013 #3
it's almost like they didn't care that multiple cameras would catch them, KG Apr 2013 #4
Or... Oilwellian Apr 2013 #26
Hopefully they weren't someone's patsies and we won't find them at the bottom of a ditch aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #31
pictures are on the FBI's website NotThisTime Apr 2013 #5
Yeah, Boston is a tough town Warpy Apr 2013 #12
I doubt they're still in Boston. Wait Wut Apr 2013 #18
Backwards ball caps were a bad idea. Warpy Apr 2013 #6
These guys are suspects, remember davidn3600 Apr 2013 #8
SUSPECTS only!!!!! JustFiveMoreMinutes Apr 2013 #11
I hope the FBI gets to them before some vigilante does MNBrewer Apr 2013 #23
It's better than rank speculation. Tommy_Carcetti Apr 2013 #29
.... and for once, right on track.... ignoring the ricin arrest....... JustFiveMoreMinutes Apr 2013 #32
They've had a few days. ForgoTheConsequence Apr 2013 #13
They are possibly martyrs to whatever, using their own lives to exploit the DEATHS of others. nt patrice Apr 2013 #14
If they wanted to be martyrs they wouldn't have left the bags dballance Apr 2013 #22
Not that kind of martyr. IF these are the guys, they may be expecting that they will not get patrice Apr 2013 #24
Maybe they didn't hide their faces becasue they're innocent. snagglepuss Apr 2013 #16
True, I hope if they are the word gets out quickly. n-t Logical Apr 2013 #17
Not As Smart ChangeUp106 Apr 2013 #25
It seems hard to be sure though, they aren't all that unusual looking flamingdem Apr 2013 #21
My rationale: Could be almost any ethnicity HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #28
Yes a couple of hours later I'm thinking homegrown flamingdem Apr 2013 #30
I think they have one of them already. morningfog Apr 2013 #27

Oilwellian

(12,647 posts)
26. Or...
Reply to KG (Reply #4)
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 09:30 PM
Apr 2013

they're just that stupid and didn't know there are cameras everywhere on most city streets.

aint_no_life_nowhere

(21,925 posts)
31. Hopefully they weren't someone's patsies and we won't find them at the bottom of a ditch
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 10:05 PM
Apr 2013

Or that one chooses to silence the other. They need to be captured and made to talk.

NotThisTime

(3,657 posts)
5. pictures are on the FBI's website
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:46 PM
Apr 2013

If the kid is from Boston or surrounds he'd better hope the cops find him first....

Warpy

(111,141 posts)
12. Yeah, Boston is a tough town
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:48 PM
Apr 2013

and the favorite weapon of neighborhood vigilantes when I was there was the hockey stick. Those can do a hell of a lot of damage.

Warpy

(111,141 posts)
6. Backwards ball caps were a bad idea.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:47 PM
Apr 2013

If they'd had the bills forward, their faces would have been totally concealed.

We got showed the raw photos. Likely the FBI has enhanced ones available internally.

JustFiveMoreMinutes

(2,133 posts)
11. SUSPECTS only!!!!!
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:48 PM
Apr 2013

Sheesh.... tried convicted and executed already?

Don't get me wrong, I HOPE they have the RIGHT people immediately...
but don't go all FOX-CNN on us!

 

dballance

(5,756 posts)
22. If they wanted to be martyrs they wouldn't have left the bags
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:03 PM
Apr 2013

They'd have strapped on a high-explosives vest and blown up themselves along with their victims.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
24. Not that kind of martyr. IF these are the guys, they may be expecting that they will not get
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:15 PM
Apr 2013

capital punishment and that they will get a really BIG show trial and either get away "innocent", or be found guilty, in which case they'll go inside where their ideological cohort will treat them like heros; movies will be made; books written, even if they get life, someone will make a great deal of money and create a durable cultural icon in the process.

snagglepuss

(12,704 posts)
16. Maybe they didn't hide their faces becasue they're innocent.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:50 PM
Apr 2013

Shheesh. Google "FBI fumbling cases" to refresh your memory how many times the FBI have fumbled major cases.

ChangeUp106

(549 posts)
25. Not As Smart
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 07:17 PM
Apr 2013

People are giving them too much credit. If reports are true, they couldn't even get all their bombs to go off. I don't think these guys should be mistaken for Einstein.

flamingdem

(39,308 posts)
21. It seems hard to be sure though, they aren't all that unusual looking
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:56 PM
Apr 2013

My instinct:
1. brats, USA made, like the Columbine guys
2. upper class Arab with some time in the USA but not born here, still believers, doing it for the "cause"

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
28. My rationale: Could be almost any ethnicity
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 09:36 PM
Apr 2013

My instinct, the first guy looked a lot like my cousin.

My cousin is Chippewa, Swedish (Malmo), Irish (Ulster), and English (Bedfordshire).

flamingdem

(39,308 posts)
30. Yes a couple of hours later I'm thinking homegrown
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 09:51 PM
Apr 2013

except for the baseball cap, who wears a backwards cap these days?

This could be the big giveaway! Style faux pas of a foreigner or from a small rural town perhaps..

So my final guess:

70% American guys in their 20s who admire Timothy McVeigh and timed it to make a statement about "patriotism" etc.
30% Overseas guys who were recruited due to experience in the USA, and who have slithered out of the country.

 

morningfog

(18,115 posts)
27. I think they have one of them already.
Thu Apr 18, 2013, 09:36 PM
Apr 2013

Maybe a little tin-foily, but I think the mix up yesterday could have been someone talking out of turn. They had one, but didn't want the other one to know that they had him and were closing in.

The one in custody isn't talking, so they went public.

Or, they don't have either of them.

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