"Navy Yard shooter had odd episode in R.I.; Told police lastmonth of voices, vibrations" by Travis Andersen | Globe Staff, September 18, 2013
About a month before he gunned down 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, Aaron Alexis told police in Newport, R.I., that he heard voices speaking to him through the walls of his hotel room and felt a machine sending vibrations into his body, according to authorities.
Shouldn't he have been relieved of his duties at that point? Given a little vacation?
Alexis also indicated that he was a naval contractor who had spent time at Naval Station Newport, prompting police to alert officials at the base to Alexis’s strange behavior, according to an incident report filed by Newport police on Aug. 7....
Wow, six weeks before this happened. It could have been prevented, so why wasn't it?
At a hotel at the naval base he said he hear[d] voices through the walls, floor, and ceiling.
Alexis added that when he moved to the Marriott, “the individuals [were] using ‘some sort of microwave machine’ to send vibrations through the ceiling, penetrating his body so he cannot fall asleep,” according to the report.
He refused to tell police what the voices were saying to him and said “he has never felt anything like this and is worried that these individuals are going to harm him.”
‘‘He was concerned for his own safety,’’ Newport police Lieutenant William Fitzgerald told the Associated Press.
It is at this point that once again(?) the article has been rewritten and reedited.
"What he was claiming didn't sound right."
Why take that out?
A Newport officer told Alexis to stay away from the people who were following him and to notify police if they tried to make contact with him, according to the report.
Maybe it was space aliens.
Back to verbatim print:
Alexis added that he had no history of mental illness in his family and had never had any type of psychological episode, according to Newport police.
Which makes this all the more curiouser?
His travels in Rhode Island included the Residence Inn, then an unnamed hotel at the base, followed by the Marriott.
In the Marriott incident in Newport, police Sergeant Frank C. Rosa Jr. wrote in a supplemental entry to the report, “based on the Naval Base implications and the claims that the involved subject . . . was ‘hearing voices’ I made contact with on duty Naval Station Police.”
A representative of that police agency told Rosa that the base would follow up on Alexis to determine if he was, in fact, a naval base contractor, he wrote.
The base referred questions to the FBI Tuesday night, and a spokeswoman for the bureau declined to say what actions, if any, were taken in response to the Newport police report.
Otherwise known as the Federal Bureau of Instigation for all the patsy plots they allegedly bust. Good thing they are calling in the cover-up pros.
What is then cut is the story of Martin Bodrog, a passionate Bruins fan.
In it's place was this:
The revelations followed reports that Alexis had struggled with mental illness and anger management problems for several years before Monday’s shooting spree. Authorities say he entered the Navy Yard in Washington and shot and killed 12 people before he died during a gunbattle with police.
How convenient that another lone gunman died in battle.
Alexis had served in the Navy Reserve for four years until he asked for, and received, an early discharge in January 2011. The New York Times reported Tuesday that Alexis had a history of disciplinary infractions as a reservist and mental health problems.
He also had several run-ins with civilian police, including being investigated three times, twice for weapons violations. In one episode, he shot through the ceiling of his apartment near Fort Worth, but told police it was an accidental discharge made while cleaning his weapon. In the second, he was accused of shooting out a car’s tires near his previous home in Seattle, which he attributed to an anger-fueled blackout, according to news reports.
I'm just wondering what a Buddhist would want with guns.
Alexis went to a Veterans Affairs hospital in Providence on Aug. 23, complaining of insomnia, but did not say that he was hearing voices, a senior federal official told the Times.
Doctors prescribed him Trazadone, an antidepressant commonly used to treat insomnia, the official told the Times.
Well, THERE YOU GO! Your limited hangout!
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And once again I receive a web version that is totally different from what I am looking at in print. WTF is with the censorship?
Oh, right, they call them updates; I call it a cover up.
But why?
"Navy Yard gunman kept security clearance; Ex-reservist had series of run-ins with police, Navy" Globe Wire Services, September 18, 2013
WASHINGTON — Despite being treated by the Veterans Affairs Department for psychiatric issues, no red flags were raised that might have prevented Aaron Alexis from entering the Washington Navy Yard on Monday and gunning down 12 people.
There is a growing list of questions about how Alexis, who had a history of infractions as a Navy reservist, mental health problems, and run-ins with the police over gun violence, gained and kept a security clearance from the Defense Department that gave him access to military bases, including the Navy Yard, where officials say he opened fire before being killed in a gunbattle with officers.
Yeah, this whole thing is REALLY STARTING TO STINK like a PSYOP!
Time and again, Alexis’s behavior fell below a level that would have brought a serious response, like a less-than-honorable discharge from the military or involuntary commitment to a mental institution, experts and officials said.
But the sheer number of episodes raise questions about the government’s system for vetting people for security clearances, including the thousands of contractors who help run the nation’s military and security system. Though the cases are different, the access granted Alexis, a former Navy reservist who as an independent contractor serviced Navy computers, raises questions similar to those raised about another outside government contractor, Edward J. Snowden, who leaked national intelligence secrets.
Oooooooooooh! THAT is what THIS is ALL ABOUT!! Gotta FIND those LEAKERS!
And think what you want about Snowden, but we know he is crazy -- like a fox! No Manning or puppet patsy ending for him!
“These two incidents combined suggest to me a very flawed system for granting security clearances,” said Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, who called for a congressional investigation into the granting of security clearances to government contractors.
A-HA! And the TOTAL $URVEILLANCE SOCIETY is ADVANCED AGAIN!
On Tuesday, President Obama ordered the White House budget office to conduct a government-wide review of policies for security clearances for contractors and employees in federal agencies. In an interview with Noticias Telemundo, the president said the nation did not have a “firm enough background check system.” He also called once again for Congress to enact legislation to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill.
Oh, yeah, we are DEFINITELY SEEING a PSYOP here, sorry!
“I do get concerned that this becomes a ritual that we go through every three, four months, where we have these horrific mass shootings,” he said.
Yeah, whatever. Now go bomb or missile some poor Muslims for Israel and empire, asshole.
Senior Pentagon officials also said Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel intends to review physical security and access at all Defense Department installations around the world.
Gee, talk about an OVERREACTION!
Many planets aligned to place Alexis, 34, at the start of the workday in the Navy Yard with a Remington pump-action shotgun firing down from a balcony and killing the employees, all civilians, police said.
Oh, wow, now it's all in the ASTROLOGY, says my allegedly credible piece of corporate crap.
Yeah, they ARE LAUGHING IN OUR FACES on this one, folks! This is a STEAMING STINKER of a PSYOP -- as is all the "news" you see on TV and in the papers!
As an honorably discharged veteran, he cleared a basic hurdle to receive a Defense Department security pass.
He asked for it, remember?
Despite his being investigated by police departments in Seattle and Fort Worth, Texas, for firing a gun in anger, no charges were filed that would have shown up in his FBI fingerprint file.
Now we get lame-ass excuses after the Supreme Court ruling.
Despite mental health issues — he twice went to Veterans Affairs hospitals last month seeking treatment for insomnia — he was never committed and so was legally able to buy in Virginia the weapon police said he used in the shootings.
“The system didn’t pick up the red flags because the red flags in this case had not been fed into the system,” said one Pentagon official. “Perhaps we need to look at the ‘filters,’ and whether some sorts of behaviors and incidents, even if they do not rise to the level of punishment, should nonetheless be part of the files for review.”
Yes, the answer is more tyranny and $urveillance, cui bono?
In the search for more information — and especially the unanswered question of motive — federal and local authorities have interviewed hundreds of people and are poring through the contents of Alexis’s Yahoo e-mail account.
Didn't the NSA already do that?
Alexis had shown a “pattern of misbehavior” during his four years as a reservist, according to Navy officials. That pattern caused some of his commanders to consider giving him a general discharge — one level below honorable, which could have derailed his security clearance.
Instead, Alexis received an honorable discharge from the military in January 2011, after he had applied for an early discharge under the Navy’s “early enlisted transition program.” A major reason, officials said, was that his misbehavior in the Navy was not violent. It included insubordination, traffic violations, and being absent without leave — two days he spent in jail after a fight in a bar in DeKalb County, Ga.
Alexis was also twice investigated by other police departments in shooting episodes — once for firing through his ceiling in Fort Worth, and another time for shooting out a car’s tires in Seattle, during what he described as an anger-fueled blackout.
Alexis, employed by an independent contractor called the Experts, worked on half a dozen military bases from North Carolina to Rhode Island this year, said the company’s chief executive, Thomas E. Hoshko. If he had known of the police reports about Alexis that have surfaced in the news, “we would have never looked at him,” Hoshko said.
In any event, it was the responsibility of the Defense Department to grant Alexis his security credential allowing him onto bases, known as a Common Access Card.
Pentagon officials said the Navy was responsible for his clearance, using a check of FBI records and another database with the Office of Personnel Management.
Another FAILURE of the ma$$ $urveillance state!
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Related:
This what my print copy brought me:
"Alexis, a 34-year-old information technology employee at a defense-related computer company, used a valid pass Monday to get into the Navy Yard and killed 12 people before he was slain by police in a shootout that lasted more than a half-hour.
A day after the assault, the motive was still a mystery. U.S. law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that investigators had found no manifesto or other writings suggesting a political or religious motivation.
Alexis, a former Navy reservist, had been undergoing mental health treatment from Veterans Affairs since August but was not stripped of his security clearance, according to the law enforcement officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the criminal investigation was still going on.
Who leaked that, and why isn't Obomber furious?
He had been suffering a host of serious mental problems, including paranoia and a sleep disorder, and had been hearing voices in his head, the officials said.
And yet he was not stripped of his security clearance?
The assault is raising more questions about the adequacy of the background checks done on contract employees who hold security clearances — an issue that came up recently with National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus ordered two security reviews Tuesday of how well the Navy protects its bases and how accurately it screens its workers.
Similarly, President Barack Obama has ordered the White House budget office to examine security standards for government contractors and employees across federal agencies.
In addition, the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committees asked the VA for details about any treatment provided to Alexis.
At the U.S. Navy Memorial, in church and on the baseball field, the nation’s capital paused to mourn the victims. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel laid a wreath at the memorial’s “Lone Sailor” statue as taps played.
Just a few blocks from the Navy Yard, the Washington Nationals were back to playing baseball after their Monday night game with the Atlanta Braves was postponed because of the shooting. The Nationals wore blue and gold Navy caps during warm-ups, and a moment of silence was held before the first pitch.
Yup, life goe$ on and now we have another event that will be memorialized and shoved down our throat.
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Alexis came to the Washington area about two weeks later and had been staying at hotels. On Saturday, two days before the attack, he went to a Virginia gun store about 15 miles from the Navy Yard.
He rented a rifle, bought bullets and took target practice at Sharpshooters Small Arms Range, the store’s attorney Michael Slocum said. Alexis then bought a shotgun and 24 shells, according to Slocum.
The FBI said during Monday’s attack Alexis was armed with a shotgun. Officials said he also took a handgun from a law officer.
No assault rifle like was reported earlier?
Alexis had run-ins with the law in 2004 and 2010 in Texas and Seattle after he was accused of firing a gun in anger. He was not prosecuted in either case.
And his bouts of insubordination, disorderly conduct and being absent from work without authorization prompted the Navy to grant him an early — but honorable — discharge in 2011 after nearly four years as a full-time reservist, authorities said.
Alexis joined the Florida-based IT consulting firm The Experts in September 2012, leaving a few months later to return to school. He came back in June to do part-time work at the Washington Navy Yard as a subcontractor, helping the military update computer systems.
The Experts’ CEO, Thomas Hoshko, said that Alexis had “no personal issues,” and he confirmed that Alexis had been granted a “secret” clearance by the Defense Security Service five years ago.
Is it possible this guy was placed there for just such a thing? After all we have seen regarding the Marathon bombings?
Alexis’ clearance — lower than “top secret” — doesn’t need to be renewed for 10 years. Still, the company said it hired outside vendors twice to check Alexis’ criminal history.
Alexis’ background check “came back clear,” Hoshko said.
Just like Tamerlan Tsarnaev's.
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Did you notice there was NOTHING about his RELIGIOUS EXPERIMENTATION TODAY?
Is the Buddhism a big pile of a steaming stinker in the middle of all this?
Nothing regarding his being on PRESCRIPTION PHARMACEUTICALS, either!
A front-page piece of agenda-pushing fecal matter:
"No pausing by advocates of gun control; Families lament lack of progress" by Noah Bierman | Globe Staff, September 18, 2013
WASHINGTON — The National Rifle Association, which posted a statement of sympathy for the victims on its website Tuesday, argued after the Newtown shootings that more armed guards would protect innocent people from gun violence.
And they were laughed out of the room for it -- as the idea was then implemented later.
Gun rights activists have also long contended that added limits infringe on constitutional rights without addressing mental illness and other root causes of violence.
Authorities are still investigating the circumstances at the Navy Yard, which is heavily guarded.
????????
The alleged shooter, Aaron Alexis, was reported to have a history of mental health issues and at least one arrest on a firearms-related incident.
But he had no record? The rest of us have their whole lives in that thing!
Media reports have said that he entered the base using valid identification and had with him a shotgun that was legally purchased from a Virginia gun store, and then may have taken a handgun from a base security guard.
The guards didn't notice a shotgun?
Gun control advocates, meanwhile, said the matter is too urgent to pause, and that Tuesday was an opportunity to highlight their point of view....
No different than Bush exploiting 9/11.
Yeah, like Rahm Emanuel says, never let a good crisis go to waste.
Related:
Rice: 9/11 an “enormous opportunity”
Rumsfeld: "Why Not another 911"
Hmmmm!
The Senate itself was locked down Monday, amid citywide uncertainty over whether there were more shooters.
What is up with that, anyway? The shooter was cornered in a facility that had been locked down with no chance of escaping? Why was all Washington locked down? Another mind-manipulating, population-conditioning psyop, 'eh? We just had one in Boston, and word on the blogs it was the same unit down in Washington D.C.
The flags were at half staff on Tuesday. Taps played as Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel laid a wreath at the US Navy Memorial. The Capitol Police seemed a bit more attentive.
Yet there lingered the question of whether the Navy Yard killings could actually spur legislation, given the failure to tighten gun controls after the murderous spree on Dec. 14 at Sandy Hook, which led to the death of 20 children and six adults. The image of so many innocent children being killed by a lone gunman was supposed to change the national dialogue....
Hmmmmmmmm!
Why don't you take a look at this, and then we can spitball that agenda-pushing hoax.
Also kinda calls into question the whole Syrian sarin gas attack, doesn't it?
Colin Goddard, 27, who was shot in the leg, hips, and shoulder during French class in 2007 on the campus of Virginia Tech, said he no longer believes it will be an individual attack that changes the law. Instead, it will be “a constant drop” of constituents calling lawmakers and demanding that they “protect my family.”
Call and say you know they are lying about Syria, and tell them no more wars instead!
Related:
Virginia Deja Vu
Southern Sweep: Virginia Deja Vu
Virginia Tech Trial Backfire
Vacating the Virginia Tech Trial
Have you ever heard of Operation Bluebird, readers?
Are we looking at another one here?
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“We ought to be outraged again that the nation has done nothing to stop gun violence” said Senator Richard Blumenthal, a Connecticut Democrat.
Oh, I am. Outraged at the lies!
Blumenthal made those comments Tuesday in an interview on his way to a hearing on Syria, a reminder that the Capitol is full of crises on any given day.
Anybody see the irony there? The JU.S. Senator decrying violence -- while heading to a meeting about Syria!
Yeah, it's okay for organ-eating Al-CIA-Duh to be armed with guns, but not you, law-abiding American citizen.
Gun advocates had to fight for attention. House members were debating the budget, the economy, and religious freedom in South Central Asia on Tuesday. Senators were discussing energy conservation and Obama’s health care law.
Another hearing that Blumenthal had planned to attend Tuesday, on the expanding use of deadly force by civilians, was canceled because of the Navy Yard shooting.
Yeah, that is why Zimmerman is so prevalent in the propaganda pre$$. It's not just the race thing, it's the ARMED PRIVATE CITIZEN that killed someone.
Related:
Man, 107, killed in Ark. police standoff
2 bystanders injured in NYC shooting
Officer shot unarmed man 10 times
That kind of expanding violence is okay with government, and it doesn't get nearly as much attention by the pre$$.
The six witness chairs in the cavernous Senate hearing room were empty. The discussion on guns, one of several events on the activists’ three-day schedule, would have to wait, delayed indefinitely because of gun violence.
Something poetically ironic there.
Yet in other parts of Washington, even the usually stoic medical professionals were crying out for help....
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Any surprise the agenda-pushing Globe jumps on the bandwagon?
"Now, as yet another mass shooting — this one in Washington, D.C. — dominates the news, it’s time for the Legislature to approve the measures proposed by Patrick after last December’s elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn. They include limiting gun purchases to one a month, requiring background checks at gun shows, and entering mental health records into the federal background check system. The man suspected of killing 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard this week, Aaron Alexis, reportedly bought a shotgun in Virginia last week, part of the mini-arsenal with which he conducted his rampage."
So now a shotgun is a mini-arsenal, huh? What HORRIBLE HYPERBOLE!
Remember, readers, there was no assault rifle as the ma$$ media tried to imply, and the handgun he allegedly had came off one of the incompetent guards.
UPDATE: Navy Yard: Swat team 'stood down' at mass shooting scene
Now this thing is really stinking!