Properly cleansed pressure cookers do not emit explosive scent for dogs to sense. That's in the mom-bomb manual and in other IED guides. And in drug running tips. Dogs are now security theater like armored vehicles, blue lights, ninja couture, mercenaries, and inevitable preening press conferences which never produce useful information due to "ongoing investigations." Lock-downs are somewhat new, not unprecedented, and great PR, and more can be expected unless there is protest rather than police-cheering crowds which appear orchestrated by the media, as more cheerleaders rush from their TV sets to join in. The thermal imaging from a chopper could be a cover for drone doing the same. Choppers, drones, crowd sourcing of images, along with 100 times more cops than needed, will be blockbuster shows in the future -- for a while, then boring for being over-milked like talking heads and bouncing, arm waving reporters positioned in front of the domestic war hardware. Now why would any right-minded media not exploit this, why would we not consume it, puke it back at each other, point out the idiocy, ridicule the pointers. Has this not been common practice since day one of upright walking, mandible thumbs were configured to bark and hurl rocks at the noisy barkers then elect them leaders of the pack and cut their throats when they took our youngsters to fight their competitors? At 10:30 PM 4/19/2013, you wrote:

There are many unanswered questions: 7 According to national news media, there were police dogs sniffing for explosives in the area, THEN these boys came along and planted the bombs. Was it pure luck on their part, did they know something about the police schedule, or is this another bogus story? 7 According to the <http://afgeneralcounsel.dodlive.mil/2013/04/19/terrorists-have-attacked-seven-marathons-worldwide-since-1994/>USAF ethics blog, terrorists have attacked seven marathons since 1994. Have marathon organizers learned all that they can from these past attacks, to improve their own security? The news media does not seem to be focused on some threads, such as <http://www.naturalnews.com/039977_The_Craft_Boston_marathon_private_military_contractors.html>this effort to make sure there would be no dirty bomb at the Boston Marathon. 7 Why is the national news media incapable of accurately covering breaking news stories?

There has been an obscenely high rate of factually incorrect and misleading information in the national news media, so it may be a few days before key facts are clarified. The latest headlines out of Boston are that both bombers are dead, so it will be like some mass shootings, trying to figure out from the evidence what their motivations were, and if they left any meaningful clues in advance of their plans.

For quality Boston info, go to Boston news media, such as the <http://Bostonglobe.com>Bostonglobe.com and the <http://bostonherald.com/>Boston Herald. Also go to official sites of the investigators, such as <http://www.cityofboston.gov/POLICE/>Boston Police and <https://www.fbi.gov/>FBI. I also like what I have been seeing on <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Boston_Marathon_bombings>Wikipedia.

As of about = an hour ago, the Boston news media was reporting that the second suspect was also killed in shootout with police, but the FBI web site says he was captured, and is not dead.

<https://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston>https://www.fbi.gov/news/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston/updates-on-investigation-into-multiple-explosions-in-boston

On the FBI web site, select NEWS, and you can see links to recent announcements.

Al Mac -----Original Message----- From: drone-list-bounces@lists.stanford.edu [mailto:drone-list-bounces@lists.stanford.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Lorenzo Hall Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 6:13 PM To: drone-list Subject: Re: [drone-list] Drones & the Boston Bombings

On 4/19/13 3:17 PM, Gregory Foster wrote:

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@GregoryMcNeal joined the burgeoning chorus of advocates for "preventative" crime measures, and showed his eagerness for law enforcement access to drones: https://twitter.com/GregoryMcNeal/status/325281617469923328

If anyone has seen a single thing that might have prevented this other than a police state or better foreign policy, I'd love to know! ::)

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