Odd behavior has come under attack:
SEATTLE, Washington (CNN) – The FBI wants to question two men who were described as behaving oddly on a Washington state ferry earlier this summer.
The FBI wants to speak with these two men seen on a ferry in Washington state earlier this summer.
Members of the public and ferry workers reported the men to authorities after the two were seen pacing in areas of the boat, including a cargo hold, as if trying to measure distances, FBI Special Agent Larry Carr said Tuesday.
The men were also seen about two months ago taking photographs of the ferries — including restricted areas — and studying an emergency evacuation poster.
The men were spotted on multiple ferries and ferry routes, Carr said.
The FBI wants to question the men to determine if their behavior was harmless or whether they were surveilling the ferries and ferry terminals for nefarious purposes.
A ferry worker snapped photos of the men using a cell phone camera and gave the stills to law enforcement. The photos were shown to police and ferry workers, but no one could identify the men, so authorities called on the public for help.
Pictures of the men have appeared in media outlets for more than a week. None of the 200 tips that have come in so far has led investigators to the men.
Some news organizations have refused to publish the photos, saying the men have not been accused of a crime. It appears the men could be of Middle Eastern origin.
Although the initial FBI news release on the men did not discuss their possible ethnicity, “We just want to ensure that there is just one standard being implemented for suspicious behavior for both people who appear to be Middle Eastern and those who appear not to be Middle Eastern,” said Naseem Tuffaha of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
Carr said the FBI made the photos public because “the result of not doing anything at that point in time is a ferry blowing up and thousands of people losing their lives. We can’t let that happen.”
More than 25,000 people commute daily through the Seattle Ferry Terminal and more than 9 million people travel through the terminal annually, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation web site.
But various FBI officials have stressed the agency is acting out of an abundance of caution and that the men seen on the ferry could have a logical and harmless explanation for what they were doing.
Robbie Burroughs, also with the FBI in Seattle, said the ferry system could be an attractive target to terrorists.
“Here the ferries are the equivalent of subways, so we are cautious,” Burroughs said last week when the effort to identify the men began.
Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, U.S. law enforcement has emphasized the need for the public to report suspicious behavior.
Many such reports turn out to be nothing of concern.
However, seizures of al Qaeda materials overseas have turned up reconnaissance photos taken in the United States.
So now what? Everybody with odd behavior gets a ticket, a waring, a stint in Guatanamo?
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August 29, 2007 @ 9:58 am
I sure hope they was ACTUALLY doing suntin wrong since people treating them like they did.
August 29, 2007 @ 9:58 am
So now what? Everybody with odd behavior gets a ticket, a waring, a stint in Guatanamo?
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Hell yeah. Lock all them sand niggas up the same way the do innocent blacks every damn day.
We supposed to feel sorry for these towel head, automatic weapon, Jihad sons of bitches…hell naw…lock em up!!
Same way the racial profile blacks, profile these muthaphuckas!
August 29, 2007 @ 9:59 am
If it’s like that, a bunch of muthafuckers are going to Guatanamo Bay.
But buddy on the left looks like a pedo. He should be under watch.
August 29, 2007 @ 10:01 am
We supposed to feel sorry for these towel head, automatic weapon, Jihad sons of bitches…hell naw…lock em up!!
I agree with this statement…But its hella funny LMAO
Thats america, u sneeze the wrong way and they accusing u of something
August 29, 2007 @ 10:03 am
I mean don’t get me wrong…I know that there are plenty of innocent people who got lost in the shuffle post 9/11, I actually worked on on-going litigation whose objective was to free many innocent prisoners AT Guantanomo Bay, the attorney I worked under actually traveled there AND to Afghanistan to secure their freedom…but fuck that…
PROFILE THEIR ASS!!!
August 29, 2007 @ 10:19 am
Them niggas was high…
I pace around like that all the fucking time when I got shit on my mind and my mind on some pot……
August 29, 2007 @ 1:03 pm
ihadno:
For real! I have been high as hell entering Atlanta Airport…the US don’t know what the fuck they doing.
ALL these supposed terror attempts, MIAMI, JFK Airport - I ain’t heard shit since they first reported the story! If a nigga wanna blow you up they gonna do it. Niggas be strapped with bombs and shit - do they really care hell naw! Suspicious my ass.
August 29, 2007 @ 1:14 pm
Real rap, if they really were behaving like the witnesses say…then yup, grab em’ up and see what’s happening.
On the note of profiling, most people don’t know that successful law enforcement means there will be a certain amount of profiling.
My problem is when the shit goes too far (e.g. every car you see with rims & tints you assume a drug dealer is inside).