Laurie Cicotello
Ohio Sniper-Sept. 11 commission connection?
Mon Feb 16 00:20:41 2004
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From: Laurie Cicotello IMAP laurie.cicotello@theindependent.com
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 01:05:16 -0600
To: jimrarey@comcast.net
Subject: Ohio Sniper-Sept. 11 commission connection?

Dear Jim,
I read your website about the Washington Sniper/Iraq war connection. I think
it might be worthwhile to check out the following two stories, one on the
9/11 commission hearings and one on the latest sniper shooting in Ohio.
Previous Ohio sniper shootings seem to have corresponded in an interesting
way and are working to keep 9/11 commission things out of the limelight. It
seems that the two are maybe often occurring within days of one another, as
before. If you would, would you mind helping me with this idea?

Thank you,
Laurie

Laurie Cicotello
Copy Editor/Columnist
The Grand Island Independent
422 W. First St.
Grand Island, NE 68802
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laurie.cicotello@theindependent.com

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Dear D:
Check this out: I sent you the story at the very bottom on the 9/11 panel on
Friday (2/13) and I SAID THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER SNIPER SHOOTING IN OHIO VERY
SOON! Here's the story on another shooting on 2/14...
Conspiracy!? CYA! CYA!
What's going on????
L
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Patrol: Saturday shooting might be work of Ohio highway serial shooter

By JONATHAN DREW
Associated Press Writer
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ‹ A man standing on a highway overpass fired a handgun
at a sport utility vehicle Saturday on Interstate 70, and investigators said
it appeared to be linked to the monthslong series of highway shootings in
the Columbus area.
No one was injured in the late morning shooting near Pataskala, about 15
miles east of Columbus.
The bullet struck the SUVıs right front fender and lodged in the battery. It
was recovered and sent for lab testing.
The shooting appeared to be related to the 23 others since May, said
Franklin County Sheriffıs Chief Deputy Steve Martin, a spokesman for the
task force investigating the shootings. One person has been killed.
³This is pretty consistent with what our shooter has done in the past,² he
said. ³Our particular shooter is becoming much more aggressive, much
bolder.²
The SUV driver and four other witnesses described the shooter as a
clean-shaven white male in his 30s with dark hair, wearing a hat and
sunglasses driving a small black sedan, Martin said. The shooterıs demeanor
appeared ³casual,² he said.
The car was similar to a Chevy Metro, said Pat Snelling, a State Highway
Patrol dispatcher.
The SUV driver said he saw the shooter on the overpass.
³You need to hurry because that guy was just on the bridge,² he told a 911
operator.
The description matched the one given by witnesses who were shot at last
Sunday on Interstate 71 southwest of Columbus.
³We had aircraft in the area within moments,² patrol spokesman Sgt. Richard
Zwayer said. ³This guy was able to blend into traffic and slip away.²
Although the serial shootings started in May, most have occurred since
mid-October.
Until last month, the gunfire was scattered along or near Interstate 270,
the busy highway that encircles Columbus. The last four shootings had moved
toward the southwest on I-71.
Saturdayıs shooting is the farthest east the shooter has struck.


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From: Laurie Cicotello IMAP
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2004 21:59:46 -0600
To: Dainna
Subject: Bush agrees to private meeting with Sept. 11 panel

Note the time...let's see if there are any new sniper shootings in Ohio...


Bush agrees to private meeting with Sept. 11 panel
Eds: UPDATEs with Bush agreeing to private meeting but not public hearing;
pickup graf 2 pvs, The bipartisan; EDITS to conform.
By HOPE YEN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) ‹ President Bush agreed Friday to meet privately with the
federal commission reviewing the Sept. 11 attacks but declined to testify
publicly about what the government could have done to prevent the tragedy.
The commission ³today requested a private meeting with the President to
discuss information relevant to the commissionıs work. The President has
agreed to the request,² said White House press secretary Scott McClellan.
But while the panel has ³suggested the possibility of a public session at a
later time, we believe the President can provide all the requested
information in the private meeting, and there is no need for any additional
testimony,² McClellan said.
Bush previously has said he would ³perhaps² submit to questions from the
panel but would not say whether he would testify publicly. Former President
Bill Clinton and former Vice President Al Gore have indicated a willingness
to provide private testimony about government missteps prior to the 2001
attacks.
The Sept. 11 panel, formally known as the National Commission on Terrorist
Attacks Upon the United States, was established by Congress to study the
nationıs preparedness before the attacks and its response afterward, and to
recommend ways to guard against similar disasters.
The bipartisan panel faces a May 27 deadline to complete its work but has
asked for at least a two-month extension, citing a need to conduct more
interviews and analyze documents. Bush last week reversed course and said he
favors more time, too, but House Republican leaders remain opposed.
Former New Jersey Gov. Thomas H. Kean, the commissionıs Republican chairman,
said the panel will be forced to pare down inquiries into intelligence
failures if Congress doesnıt give it more time.
The panel planned 10 more public meetings but now says it will only have
time for seven. Commissioners also will be forced to do without some
follow-up interviews with officials in the Bush and Clinton administrations.
³If it is evident in the next month that May 27 is our deadline, there are
things we will not be able to do in the areas of intelligence,² Kean said.
That area is particularly complex and time-consuming, he said.
³There are many paths to follow, including how intelligence was used, where
it came from, and what was known by the FBI, CIA and National Security
Council,² he said. A May 27 deadline would force the panel to put out a
report ³that we, as commissioners, would feel very frustrated by.²
Relatives of Sept. 11 victims have said better intelligence might have
helped prevent the attacks. Last week, Bush announced that he would form a
separate investigatory panel to examine prewar intelligence on Iraq.
Legislation is pending in the House and Senate that would extend the Sept.
11 panelıs deadline to Jan. 10, 2005, a date that supporters say will limit
the influence of election-year politics.
But House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., opposes any extension, citing a
need to quickly have the panelıs recommendations on how to improve the
nationıs security.
³The worst thing that can happen to this commission is that the report gets
released in the middle of the presidential campaign and then it becomes a
political football,² Hastert spokesman John Feehery said. ³Every commission
created has always asked for more time. We need the recommendations as soon
as possible.²
Commissioners have complained that their work has been delayed repeatedly
because of disputes with the administration over access to documents and
witnesses.
Earlier this week, the White House agreed to give the panel greater access
to classified intelligence briefings after some commissioners threatened a
subpoena. The panel said afterward the material raised new questions that
have prompted them to seek additional interviews with officials, including
national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.
Relatives of Sept. 11 victims said Friday it would be an outrage if the
commission had to cut down its intelligence probe.
³Anyone who stands in opposition to an extension clearly will have to answer
to the American public as to why they felt national security should be
compromised, especially in the event of another attack,² said Kristen
Breitweiser of New Jersey. Her husband Ronald died in the World Trade
Center.
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On the Net:
Sept. 11 panel: http://www.9-11commission.gov