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My take - at present - is that its more likely some disenfranchised, loner, weirdo who through sheer bloody Security Service incompetence was able to live out some deranged fantasy for whatever purpose.
How could these 'foreign agencies' have found this kid from such a nondescript, average background and train, manipulate/coerce him into carrying out this attack?
It strikes me as being slightly too convenient for those seeking to push their own agenda's.
Crooks' name was included on a list of awardees as part of Bethel Park High School's Awards and Recognition Program in 2022, according to a local news report. He was listed as receiving a $500 National Math & Science Initiative Star Award.
"From background I've gotten from people that I know that have gone to school with him, he was your typical average kid — more on the quiet side, relatively intelligent," Allegheny County Councilor Dan Grzybek told WESA, Pittsburgh's NPR news station. Gryzbek represents the district that includes Bethel Park.
***SNIP***
A person who encountered Crooks at CCAC but who wasn't authorized to speak publicly told NPR that Crooks was known as a brilliant student with a solid future ahead of him. This individual said Crooks was seen on campus and always dressed nicely. There were plans for Crooks to attend a four-year institution in the state after graduating CCAC, this person said.
www.npr.org...
may have ties to Ukraine or Iran
originally posted by: Shoshanna
a reply to: stonerwilliam
Honestly the really flat features of his face remind me of FASD [fetal alcohol syndrome.] Not blaming or accusing the mom that could just be the way he looks, he could be adopted etc.
originally posted by: FlyersFan
may have ties to Ukraine or Iran
That's not what the TV news is reporting.
They are saying just that he had three encrypted accounts.
Nothing was said about any evidence connecting them to Ukraine or Iran.
It looks like the writer of the story is getting ahead of himself.
It may turn out that way ... but right now nothing indicates that.
originally posted by: CarlLaFong
So what does this mean?
Who has this 20 yr. old loser actually been communicating with?
Any ideas, ATS?
originally posted by: JAY1980
Yes
Israel.
originally posted by: Shoshanna
a reply to: stonerwilliam
Wow see i stretch to reach 5'1" so the idea of bicycling with a ladder is nuts to me but I could see if it was a really small ladder. They have every different story under the sun going on right now this whole thing stinks. I'm sure they'll wrap it up with a nice little bow in their final report once they figure out what they're trying to do. Hehehehe!
originally posted by: WeMustCare
Senator Marco Rubio says the Secret Service is hiding things...
originally posted by: grey580
a reply to: CarlLaFong
Get ready for a forever war with Iran.
I can almost smell it.