Strange article/blog Karlis, thanks for posting it.
I do not believe it is was a covert op', but I would say that the nature of the event can make it difficult to disagree with popular opinion. I think this is what the article/blog is about, disagreeing with popular opinion.
Just looking at what was quoted though...
Karlis, on 24 July 2012 - 11:04 PM, said:
How did the shooter get into the theater? Clad in black, wearing body armor, carrying several weapons, he buys a ticket and walks in with everyone else? Authorities suggest he came through a side door. If so, how did he know the door would be unlocked? After a few months of meticulous planning, he simply hoped it would be?
It was a Batman film, there is always a chance of someone turning up 'in costume' at a showing of a film with a cult following. All sorts show turn up at Star wars screenings in full 'body armour'.
Have you ever been frisked going to the cinema? Their biggest worry is usually making sure phones are switched off.
I used to sneak in the side door (well it was an exit) to watch films quite regularly as a youngster.
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After killing scores of people and wounding others, the first-time shooter was calm? How could this be? Well, drugs would enter the equation. What drugs? Vicodin. Others? Where were these drugs obtained? Who wrote the prescriptions? Where is the doctor? Why have we heard nothing about a doctor? What, exactly, going back into childhood, is Holmes’ pharmaceutical history?
Shock? I was calm as a cucumber after being involved in a fatal road traffic accident, seeing the dead body seemed to have no immediate effect on me. But it still haunts me, years later.
If drugs are involved, is it really that hard to get hold of them? No not really or they wouldn't be the problem that they are.
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One oddity about the investigation of the killings: the FBI presence is minimal. We don’t know what the FBI is doing behind the scenes, but by contrast, in the 1999 Columbine massacre the FBI was all over the scene in a very visible way. They interviewed witnesses, processed evidence, and made public statements. Here, they’re in the background. Why?
I don't think this is ranks (not a great choice of words, sorry) with the Columbine massacre, so the FBI presence would not be as noticeable.
A lot of the other statements in the article/blog can be dismissed by the confusion of 12 people being murdered (in a dark environment with firearms).
Its great that people challenge what they see and hear in the media, but I think the article is well off the mark.
Edited by Junior Chubb, 25 July 2012 - 12:32 AM.