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So I take the photos aren't clear enough and/or the FBI doesn't have the facial recognition capabilities (read not in the database) to identify these fuckers?

by dakrisht 13y ago

So I take the photos aren't clear enough and/or the FBI doesn't have the facial recognition capabilities (read not in the database) to identify these fuckers? Can anyone elaborate on the scope of facial recognition technologies used by law enforcement? NSA surely has something powerful... Also - cell towers - they can look at logs for the time period when these guy were on the phone and nail down a list of suspects, etc. Wonder what their approach is here. Clearly enlisting the public to help is key but I'm sure they have a variety of technologies to find these fucks.

cglace 13y ago
unless they were using burners
- DoggettCK 13y ago
  Or aren't the bombers, but just suspects for the time being.
  - pyre 13y ago
    They don't have to be the bombers to have been using burner phones.
- dakrisht 13y ago
  True good point, damn burners. Two gigantic idiots - walking the streets together, around corners carrying heavy backpacks. Can't fathom how they didn't know with todays surveillance and a million people taking photos that they wouldn't get spotted.
  - mentat 13y ago
    Because two friends don't walk streets together carrying backpacks... Because the FBI is always accurate in their information...
  - nosequel 13y ago
    Two reasons, they might not care to get away with it, or these aren't the people responsible.
  - dageshi 13y ago
    Sorry, what's a "burner" ? I've no clue what that word means in this context.
    - alirov 13y ago
      A prepaid phone specifically purchased to be used briefly and then replaced is known colloquially as a burner phone or burner. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepaid_mobile_phone http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepaid_mobile_phone So basically a phone that can't be tracked to you and you can get rid of and replace easily.
    - deleted 13y ago
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    - error54 13y ago
      A cheap disposable phone
    - yRetsyM 13y ago
      anonymous cell phone. cell phone bought without any identification used.
    - deleted 13y ago
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  - Zimahl 13y ago
    From what they are showing us, Suspect #1 isn't seen as doing anything just walking in front of Suspect #2 and wearing sunglasses and a backpack. Like I said, from what they have shown us Suspect #1 might not have been involved at all.
grecy 13y ago
Be careful calling them "fuckers" - that kind of thinking will lead to conclusion making. http://news.yahoo.com/teen-am-not-boston-marathon-bomber-175755674--abc-news-topstories.html http://news.yahoo.com/teen-am-not-boston-marathon-bomber-175... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell