I was reading about Jared Loughners sentencing today and a odd thought popped in my head, and just expanded as I looked at some more of the recent high profile shootings, like Aurora.
Now, back in the day, when there was mass shootings, or anything else where an individual rose up and committed some heinous atrocity, after the fact, we were immediately bombarded with all kinds of information about the perpetrator. Who he was, what he did, who he associated with, etc etc. Dylan Kleibold and Erric Harris, we knew all kinds of details about these guys. Activities they did before the attack, who they associated with.
But recently, especially with Loughner, and with James Holmes, we know nothing. Not much of anything. They all silently plead out, they get sentenced to the dismal hellhole in Colorado called Supermax where people are never seen again, and that's it.
Is it just me, or does that seem weird to anyone else? Yes, there may be a bit of tin foil hat in the thinking, but that kind of profile and fast clearance of stuff like this is classic 'cut out' activity, put a person in place that has no past, no history, no family, send him to commit an act, let the press do what they do, get some agendas set, distract the public from other things going on at the time, send them away to where no one will be the wiser that they aren't seen anymore, and then disappear them.
The OKC bombers, their trial took years, and once it was done, we knew EVERYTHING about them. Ex wives, sexual proclivities, everything. But some of these latest attack, we know shit.
Why is that? In an age where info is easier to find than ever, why exactly is that?
Now, back in the day, when there was mass shootings, or anything else where an individual rose up and committed some heinous atrocity, after the fact, we were immediately bombarded with all kinds of information about the perpetrator. Who he was, what he did, who he associated with, etc etc. Dylan Kleibold and Erric Harris, we knew all kinds of details about these guys. Activities they did before the attack, who they associated with.
But recently, especially with Loughner, and with James Holmes, we know nothing. Not much of anything. They all silently plead out, they get sentenced to the dismal hellhole in Colorado called Supermax where people are never seen again, and that's it.
Is it just me, or does that seem weird to anyone else? Yes, there may be a bit of tin foil hat in the thinking, but that kind of profile and fast clearance of stuff like this is classic 'cut out' activity, put a person in place that has no past, no history, no family, send him to commit an act, let the press do what they do, get some agendas set, distract the public from other things going on at the time, send them away to where no one will be the wiser that they aren't seen anymore, and then disappear them.
The OKC bombers, their trial took years, and once it was done, we knew EVERYTHING about them. Ex wives, sexual proclivities, everything. But some of these latest attack, we know shit.
Why is that? In an age where info is easier to find than ever, why exactly is that?