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June 25, 2012

Aaron Walker Victorious In Court This Morning; SWATted By Evening
— Ace

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Posted by: The MSM at June 25, 2012 04:02 PM (QKKT0)

2 Cowards. The lot of them.

Posted by: dfbaskwill at June 25, 2012 04:02 PM (ndlFj)

3 I can't say I'm shocked. Does someone have to be killed before justice is done?

Posted by: Dr Spank at June 25, 2012 04:03 PM (I/Xad)

4 Well, hopefully the first call AW made was to his lawyer, who then called the local sheriff, who then called the judge...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 25, 2012 04:03 PM (d0Tfm)

5 3 I can't say I'm shocked. Does someone have to be killed before justice is done?

Even then, maybe not. No one wants to touch this, and people are getting hurt.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 25, 2012 04:05 PM (gA69l)

6 ...who then called the congresscritters...

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 25, 2012 04:05 PM (d0Tfm)

7 The cops in his area must be the stupidest peace officers in the world to be taken in multiple times in a high profile case.

Posted by: Popcorn at June 25, 2012 04:05 PM (OOehk)

8 Thankfully he and wife are safe. Perhaps, hopefully, this is the straw that pushes the legal system or the media to wake up wrt to BK and his friends and their "shut up or else" thug attacks on free speech.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 25, 2012 04:06 PM (dkExz)

9 WTF is the matter with these people. You would think they would lay low now that a lot of people are aware of this tactic./ They must be pretty cinfident in their method of escaping detection, or stupid, or both

Posted by: The Jackhole at June 25, 2012 04:06 PM (nTgAI)

10 I can't say I'm shocked. Does someone have to be killed before justice is done?

Posted by: Dr Spank at June 25, 2012 08:03 PM (I/Xad)

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Probably. I.E. Fast and Furious (and that's still a hanging chad)

Posted by: Soona at June 25, 2012 04:06 PM (fcWxr)

11 I want to know more about how these calls are made. Is it a pay-phone (do those things still exist)? Skype or something?

Posted by: indigo child at June 25, 2012 04:07 PM (xXhWA)

12 righty talk has been scared to touch this as well, not just the MSM

Posted by: AuthorLMendez at June 25, 2012 04:07 PM (8beAV)

13 Pity there is no way to boomerang those calls...

Posted by: Joe Mama at June 25, 2012 04:07 PM (TLHj1)

14 i'm legitimately shocked. at some point, you have to stop assuming the intelligence of the "judicial" system, sure. but how fucking stupid is brett kimberlin? does he REALLY think juries pay attention to instructions to ignore blatantly obvious circumstantial evidence?

Posted by: jimi ray at June 25, 2012 04:07 PM (FcOR4)

15 Glad everyone is safe, physically. Coincidence, definitely not. Too bad there won't be a trail to the guilty POS party.

Posted by: auscolpyr at June 25, 2012 04:08 PM (BwDfs)

16 Are any of you really surprised? Really-really?

leopards; spots. can't change.

Posted by: Chauncey in Chancellorsville at June 25, 2012 04:08 PM (Dll6b)

17 12 righty talk has been scared to touch this as well, not just the MSM

Unless I missed it, Rush hasn't talked about it at all. Very few of the biggies have, except Beck.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 25, 2012 04:08 PM (gA69l)

I am wondering if this is what it appears to be. I guess we will find out soon enough.

Posted by: The Jackhole at June 25, 2012 04:09 PM (nTgAI)

19 11...skype and multi proxy...

Posted by: Max Wedge at June 25, 2012 04:09 PM (tWWgb)

20 I think this really has little to do with BK. This is Neal's beandogs, BK being just one of them.

Posted by: indigo child at June 25, 2012 04:09 PM (xXhWA)

They must be pretty cinfident in their method of escaping detection, or stupid, or both.

The, ahem, principals in this case are well connected to Dims. They know that if this reaches DC, nothing will happen. One of them is tied to the Stop Rush effort.

Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 25, 2012 04:09 PM (d0Tfm)

22 If you are a big blogger that's been publicly discussing this case - or even a smaller blogger - please tell me you've ALREADY contacted your local PD/SWAT team and told them you might be the target of harassment like this. From the way Aaron talks about it upsetting his wife, I'm picturing a full on SWAT'ing with cops bursting in through the door, weapons drawn. PS - just to be clear, I do not think there's ever been a report of Walker being SWAT'ed before. Others have been - Patterico, Erick Ericson, etc. but not Aaron Walker.

Posted by: drawandstrike at June 25, 2012 04:10 PM (EERTp)

23 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 04:10 PM (Xb3hu)

24 He will claim that somehow the wingnuts are swatting themselves and blaming it on him.

He is that much of a sociopath.

Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 25, 2012 04:11 PM (+XVQe)

25 Not to go easy on that shit,BK,but it's possible that lone wolf imitators are doing the SWATing now.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 04:12 PM (Xb3hu)

26 I thought he was swatted in July 2011

Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 25, 2012 04:12 PM (+XVQe)

27 WTF is the matter with these people. Pure, unadulterated evil. Go listen to the audio Paterrico posted some time back of a caller taunting him about the Swatting on Stranahan's show. Chilling stuff. Hang in there Aaron.

Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at June 25, 2012 04:12 PM (XIRMS)

28 Have you seen Kimberlin? He's the runt of the litter. Could squash him like a bug and not even notice the splunge on the bottom of my shoe.

Posted by: MeBigLyingSquaw at June 25, 2012 04:13 PM (SiSXi)

29 Relax. This is just a distraction, just politics.

Posted by: Andrea Mitchell at June 25, 2012 04:13 PM (AZGON)

30 > 3 I can't say I'm shocked. Does someone have to be killed before justice is done? Posted by: Dr Spank Looks like this will continue until a high-profile leftie gets swatted. At that point, the FBI will come down HARD - on that case only.

Posted by: Comrade Arthur at June 25, 2012 04:13 PM (44/AS)

31 I'm just afraid that this might become the MO of leftists who become frustrated about how the mood of the country is going. It'll be the bloggers' fault.

Posted by: Soona at June 25, 2012 04:13 PM (fcWxr)

32 Why do we need SWAT teams, except perhaps under the control of a governor or such? They seem to do a lot of unnecessary visits...

Posted by: Popcorn at June 25, 2012 04:13 PM (OOehk)

33 As I said in a previous thread, the law needs to treat SWATting as attempted murder.

The MBM classifies them as "pranks"

No, a prank is giving a bus token to an unemployed journalist begging for change on the freeway off ramp

Posted by: kbdabear at June 25, 2012 04:13 PM (Y+DPZ)

24 He will claim that somehow the wingnuts are swatting themselves and blaming it on him.

He's already been doing that.

Posted by: wheatie at June 25, 2012 04:13 PM (0T8H7)

35 Dear Local PD

How do I get on the no-SWAT list?

Thank you

Posted by: A Concerned Citizen at June 25, 2012 04:14 PM (+XVQe)

36 w/e happen to that troll that claimed bloggers were making this up?

Posted by: AuthorLMendez at June 25, 2012 04:14 PM (8beAV)

37 Swatting?

Never heard of it

Posted by: Charlie Gibson at June 25, 2012 04:15 PM (Bxm/r)

38 Popcorn at June 25, 2012 08:13 PM I don't have heartburn with SWAT teams. It's the "no knock" raid warrants that need to be curtailed.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 25, 2012 04:15 PM (a4CUi)

39 Let the system work this. Walker took a big step in ending his lunatic attempt to represent himself in pro per. This will be dealt with. And when they link the call to Kimberlin, I would hope that the Montgomer County State's Attorney takes this seriously. Eventually Kimberlin is going to be caught and he is going to get what he has earned.

Posted by: Bill at June 25, 2012 04:15 PM (cQ6oO)

40 What steevy said. At this point it's *very* possible, even likely, that various Internet losers have discovered how to SWAT and are doing it for the lulz.

Posted by: Boulder Toilet Hobo at June 25, 2012 04:16 PM (QTHTd)

41 32 After 9/11 the gubmint started sending cash to every police force no matter how tiny and SWAT teams sprouted like mushrooms.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 04:16 PM (Xb3hu)

42 32 Why do we need SWAT teams, except perhaps under the control of a governor or such? They seem to do a lot of unnecessary visits...

Posted by: Popcorn at June 25, 2012 08:13 PM (OOehk)

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They're primarily an outgrowth of the drug war, although terrorism is the new excuse.

Yet another example of your liberties being stolen while we outsourced our government.

Posted by: Arms Merchant at June 25, 2012 04:16 PM (+XVQe)

43 32 Why do we need SWAT teams, except perhaps under the control of a governor or such? They seem to do a lot of unnecessary visits...

They're a detective's best friend in Philly. They serve all of our high-risk warrants (for shootings and homicide warrants).

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 25, 2012 04:18 PM (gA69l)

44 I don't have heartburn with SWAT teams. It's the "no knock" raid warrants that need to be curtailed.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 25, 2012 08:15 PM (a4CUi)

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Yup. I'm glad I'm not a conservative politician in IN.

Posted by: Soona at June 25, 2012 04:18 PM (fcWxr)

40 What steevy said. At this point it's *very* possible, even likely, that various Internet losers have discovered how to SWAT and are doing it for the lulz.

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Yeah, those kids that bullied the bus monitor got SWATted. This is going to get out of control.

Posted by: indigo child at June 25, 2012 04:18 PM (xXhWA)

46 mind you, if this happened to a GLBT Democratic activist, Holder would be on the case the next morning. And why, now that I think of it, do they distinguish between gay and lesbian? A kind of subtle sexism, perhaps..?

Posted by: mallfly at June 25, 2012 04:18 PM (bJm7W)

47 The convicted bomber would love to be swatted. So much that he in fact posted on his site that he was swatted. And then apparently took it back down, but not before a screenshot was taken.

Posted by: Hal at June 25, 2012 04:19 PM (iYvMQ)

I thought the voice analysis of three of the SWATter calls so far, was a match.

Posted by: wheatie at June 25, 2012 04:19 PM (0T8H7)

49 Don't look at me. I was just doing what George Soros told me to do. Sure, I bought the Spoof card and used one of my Skype a accounts. I am good with butts not computers so don't blame me.

Posted by: Barney F. at June 25, 2012 04:20 PM (VswEk)

So what to do? If you feel that you might be threatened, get to know local law enforcement and give them a heads up. They're pretty friendly guys.

Most law enforcement officers possess common sense. Since the lefty cowards are hoping you get whacked on accident, it would be a good idea to take that part out of the equation until further action can be taken.

Posted by: ErikW at June 25, 2012 04:23 PM (EEM3d)

51 I want progger asses in jail.

Posted by: toby928© at June 25, 2012 04:24 PM (QupBk)

52 Walker? Worthing? What?

Posted by: Prettypinkfluffypanties at June 25, 2012 04:24 PM (MYdKY)

53 does one really need more than evil intent and a throw-away cell phone to do this? By the by, I stopped writing letters to the editor years ago (back when they verified that you were really you) after getting death threats (in the days before caller ID.)

Posted by: mallfly at June 25, 2012 04:24 PM (bJm7W)

54 I guess I could have used a Big Bubba sock for that comment huh.

Posted by: toby928© at June 25, 2012 04:24 PM (QupBk)

55 It seems Keith Olbermans few listeners have come home to roost

Posted by: Sonnyspats at June 25, 2012 04:27 PM (Qr9Rc)

56 The only good thing is that Aaron and his wife are safe.

Posted by: Dianna at June 25, 2012 04:28 PM (jWPoM)

57 Calling 9-1-1 with a burner cellphone is something any fool can do.

But how does one do it and trick emergency call receipt technology into recording and reporting a bogus number and location?

I know that caller ID can be fooled with the right kind of stuff going on in a cell phone (calling phone X can be made to look like calling phone Y) and if GPS tracking is done also, the phony call can be made from a hidden place nearby, but who goes to all this trouble?

As with al Quaida bomb-making, the tech being available on websites, is it the same for phone hacking, so that the loonies have a central place to go for the how-to?

Sounds as if one should live as if in witness protection, with phony ID, a bunch of burner cellphones, and a few safe-houses in which to chill. Access to web via 3G only, through a phony account.

Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at June 25, 2012 04:28 PM (PH+2B)

58 Wow this is out of control. How is the person(s) behind this NOT yet in custody? How could they slip detection for so long? I fear the longer this Person(s) are not apprehended the more embolden they will become. This is getting dangerous.

Posted by: Raquel at June 25, 2012 04:28 PM (IOOQb)

59 Like to see a lineup of Soros' mouthpieces vehemently denouncing this.

Posted by: Richard Aubrey at June 25, 2012 04:28 PM (z4bFV)

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 08:16 PM (Xb3hu)

Law enforcement grew under Clinton as money was handed out to towns and cities across the land.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at June 25, 2012 04:30 PM (IyjUs)

61 What I don't get is - making false reports to police is a crime everywhere I'm aware of. Given the history, why aren't BK and NR being brought in and their computers and ISP logs being gone through?

Posted by: Another Bob at June 25, 2012 04:30 PM (RJMcc)

62 60 Getting them used to the teet.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 04:32 PM (Xb3hu)

63 61 What I don't get is - making false reports to police is a crime everywhere I'm aware of. Given the history, why aren't BK and NR being brought in and their computers and ISP logs being gone through?

One of two things: 1. Not enough for a search warrant yet. In Philly, getting a search warrant is an arduous endeavor. Sometimes, even probable cause isn't enough for our ADAs. 2. The appropriate agencies don't wish to pursue the matter.

Most likely #2.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 25, 2012 04:33 PM (gA69l)

64 This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we will be lucky to live through it.

Posted by: Cobalt Shiva at June 25, 2012 04:33 PM (1iauC)

65 Bolshevics.

Posted by: eman at June 25, 2012 04:34 PM (ejmiE)

66 After 9/11 the gubmint started sending cash to every police force no matter how tiny and SWAT teams sprouted like mushrooms. Posted by: steevy Yep. Our tiny town got something like 24 matched sets of M4's and automatic shotguns in nice custom cases to hold them both. 20 years ago we had 6 policemen, counting the Chief and the dispatcher. Get off my lawn.

Posted by: toby928© at June 25, 2012 04:34 PM (QupBk)

67 63 Yep,it's 2.

Posted by: steevy at June 25, 2012 04:35 PM (Xb3hu)

Interesting if someone posted the actual tape of the 911 call.

Anyone recognize this voice?

Posted by: HH at June 25, 2012 04:39 PM (v+ExF)

69 I would think given BK and NR personal histories, and the swatting of their critics, not to mention the waste of law enforcement resources, law enforcement would be motivated to get taps on their phones and computers.

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 04:40 PM (Dnbau)

70 Bolshevics. Posted by: eman at June 25, 2012 08:34 PM

This isn't about ballet.

Posted by: Emily Littella at June 25, 2012 04:40 PM (bAGA/)

71 Hang this around Carl Levin's neck.

Posted by: wytshus at June 25, 2012 04:40 PM (4tcuE)

72 Whenever freedom and justice inch their way in, the cowards get angry (and hide like children).

Posted by: cowards; hiding behind anonymous at June 25, 2012 04:42 PM (HOOye)

73 steevy:
>> it's possible that lone wolf imitators are doing the SWATing now.

Yeah. That's what they're going for. That's their MO. That's why they post personal details of right-wingers, and flatter criminals like "Anonymous".

Posted by: sandy burger at June 25, 2012 04:42 PM (y15sM)

74 Holy ****.

Posted by: The Mega Independent at June 25, 2012 04:43 PM (fWqsc)

75 "I know that caller ID can be fooled with the right kind of stuff going on in a cell phone (calling phone X can be made to look like calling phone Y) and if GPS tracking is done also, the phony call can be made from a hidden place nearby, but who goes to all this trouble?"

911 shouldn't be using caller id, that can be spoofed very easily. They should be using ONI (originating number identification) which can NOT be spoofed by the originator.

GPS can also be spoofed and devices are made to do this. You can get a device which basically spoofs GPS satellite signals and can make the phone believe it is in any location you want it to be. You just enter the location where you wish the phone to be located and it will think it is there. So even GPS information from the phone isn't believable.

Posted by: crosspatch at June 25, 2012 04:44 PM (ZbLJZ)

76 If those culprits yelled fire in a theater, they would be made to pay. How is this not worse? .

Posted by: Deli LLama at June 25, 2012 04:45 PM (uv9eO)

77 AFAIK these SWATtings are all done with VOIP - Vonage, Skype, that sort of thing. It's apparently fairly easy to spoof those, although I haven't researched it much.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 25, 2012 04:45 PM (GZEi7)

78 I don't get it myself. I find this swatting and irrational hatred on the part of people like BK and others is alien to me. I admit I have a significant temper and have been working on it over the years, but my temper is a flash and gone, delivered in a moments pique, but the malice in the hearts of these people is something alien to me.

I hope that tools are granted to Law Enforcement to track these calls to their source, so that they might be punished suitably. If these stories get more play, I can see the officers around the nation petitioning for those tools, because the few times that I have been manipulated into playing someone else' game I was more angry than if they had punched me, and cops aren't exactly maidens or forgiving being played the fool.

Posted by: Douglas at June 25, 2012 04:46 PM (YKOnu)

79 What I don't get is - making false reports to police is a crime everywhere I'm aware of. Given the history, why aren't BK and NR being brought in and their computers and ISP logs being gone through?

Posted by: Another Bob at June 25, 2012 08:30 PM (RJMcc)

Probable cause. The fact that they are tangentially connected to the victims and have reason to do the actions probably isn't enough to get a judge to issue a warrant. Especially when the warrant will be served on a hyper-litigious douchenozzle. Patterico's audio expert might be enough to get a warrant, but most judges and LEO's (especially federal LEO's) like to get a smoking gun before they will issue a warrant.

Posted by: Komissar Vladimir at June 25, 2012 04:47 PM (wWlUR)

80 I remember a line from a movie all morons take note "we are never out gunned"

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 04:49 PM (qA9lG)

81 9 WTF is the matter with these people. You would think they would lay low now thata lot of peopleare aware of this tactic./ They must be pretty cinfident in their method of escaping detection, or stupid, or both

Posted by: The Jackhole at June 25, 2012 08:06 PM (nTgAI)

Well that would be the rational action. But if you look at the MO of BK and NR, they think they're very clever and know how to game teh system. So they will tend to escalate in order to intimidate rather than back down. In NR's case he may very well be mentally ill as well so who knows what's going on in his head.

Posted by: Mætenloch at June 25, 2012 04:49 PM (pAlYe)

82 Maybe the FBI and the local police who supplied the SWAT team should investigate. MmmmK?

Posted by: Jack at June 25, 2012 04:52 PM (wUFaM)

83 Hey, remember when Al Gore used the phrase "Digital Brownshirts"?

Posted by: sandy burger at June 25, 2012 04:54 PM (y15sM)

The other bad thing, is what if you aren't at home when this call comes in?

Out and about, come home, police surrounding your house or apt, and maybe have fired some Tear Gas bombs through the window?

Jesus, someone needs to pay for this...

Posted by: HH at June 25, 2012 04:54 PM (v+ExF)

Actually, their "bag of tricks" seems pretty limited. Not that I want them to get more creative, but this swatting thing is going to be harder to pull off once law enforcement catches on. I assume the guys who participated in the "let's blog about Voldemort Day" has already reached out to police.

Keep a prayer for Aaron and his family.

Sorry. Not Voldemort. "Convicted Speedway bomber Brett Kimberlin." TM Who I'm not saying is involved. Same with Raufhauser and the "bean dogs."

Posted by: ukuleledave at June 25, 2012 04:55 PM (TCsN3)

Leftist ideology provides a comfortable home for the sociopathic personality type.

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at June 25, 2012 08:51 PM (vbh31)

And it looks really, really ugly. Smells bad, too.

Posted by: ErikW at June 25, 2012 04:55 PM (EEM3d)

87 mind you, if this happened to a GLBT Democratic activist, Holder would be on the case the next morning. And why, now that I think of it, do they distinguish between gay and lesbian? A kind of subtle sexism, perhaps..?

Posted by: mallfly at June 25, 2012 08:18 PM (bJm7W)

So?

Posted by: Philly Black Panthers at June 25, 2012 04:55 PM (AxHOT)

88 I just hope that the Local John laws do not run into some real Hard Case type , bags anyone?

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 04:55 PM (qA9lG)

89 Well, in any case, using the telephone system is a federal crime. Doing so across state lines, if that is the case, probably involves the FBI. That it is "domestic terrorism" probably involves "big sis".

Posted by: crosspatch at June 25, 2012 04:57 PM (ZbLJZ)

90 Still no post on Obama's Muslim Brothers destroying Egypt?

Posted by: garrett at June 25, 2012 04:57 PM (X+WXU)

Posted by: Soap MacTavish at June 25, 2012 08:54 PM (vbh31)

You too? Thought it was my computer acting buggy.

Posted by: HH at June 25, 2012 04:58 PM (v+ExF)

92 @ 92 We got our problemo's here dude.

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 04:58 PM (qA9lG)

93 OK, now I'm creeped out. I keep getting a request for a name and password for "sitemeter.com" to refresh this page/go back to main ace page. I hit cancel and get to the site but still its creepy. Guess I need to put my nose to the grindstone instead of hanging out here.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 25, 2012 04:58 PM (dkExz)

94 Is Holder's comment re: "this Civil Rights Justice Department will not prosecute black people" hearsay, or is it documented?

Posted by: Ombudsman at June 25, 2012 04:59 PM (AxHOT)

95 @95 do not wimpy yourself go for it.

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 04:59 PM (qA9lG)

96 I just hope that the Local John laws do not run into some real Hard Case type , bags anyone?

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 08:55 PM (qA9lG)

Please, please, take the cannolis

Posted by: Ombudsman at June 25, 2012 05:00 PM (AxHOT)

97 remember that BK is alleged to have done the speedway bombings in order to distract from the investigation of the murder of a grandmother Its all a game to him, a catch me if you can with real lives and real danger

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 05:00 PM (Dnbau)

When I go to the comments thingy on this site a new window pops up. It identifies the name of my computer, and asks me submit my user id and password.

Is that supposed to be there Ace? Or has your site been hacked?

Posted by: Jack at June 25, 2012 05:00 PM (wUFaM)

99
Got the same pop-up here, too.

Posted by: irongrampa at June 25, 2012 05:01 PM (SAMxH)

100 99 remember that BK is alleged to have done the speedway bombings in order to distract from the investigation of the murder of a grandmother Its all a game to him, a catch me if you can with real lives and real danger Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 09:00 PM (Dnbau) After the grandmother tried to stop him dating her underage granddaughter.

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 25, 2012 05:01 PM (84oau)

101 I'm getting the site meter thingy too...what up?

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 05:02 PM (Dnbau)

102 @ 100 name rank serial it is a geneva thingy , unless your at the point of blue pill.

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 05:02 PM (qA9lG)

103 I'm getting the site meter thingy too...what up?

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 09:02 PM (Dnbau)

Me too. Where the fuck is Pixy?

Posted by: Ombudsman at June 25, 2012 05:02 PM (AxHOT)

104 When I go to the comments thingy on this sitea new window pops up. It identifies the name of my computer, and asks me submit my user id and password.Is that supposed to be there Ace? Or has your site been hacked?Posted by: Jack

It may be only on your end. Ace works fine from here.

I'd restart in Safe Mode and scan your system.

Posted by: Yogi Berra [/i] [/b] at June 25, 2012 05:03 PM (famk3)

105

Posted by: Yogi Berra at June 25, 2012 09:03 PM (famk3)

Ummm, No...

Posted by: HH at June 25, 2012 05:04 PM (v+ExF)

106

I'm getting the site meter thingy too...what up?

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 09:02 PM (Dnbau)

I'm getting that too every time I refresh.

Posted by: ErikW at June 25, 2012 05:04 PM (EEM3d)

107 It was doing that for me too(it has since stopped) If you look at the bottom left of the page, there is a link to site meter, and a click takes you to that page, and the login, looks like that link was getting activated on refresh.

Posted by: wytshus at June 25, 2012 05:05 PM (4tcuE)

108 Hey spine muffins ever see a Tracking cookie on your disk?

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 05:06 PM (qA9lG)

109

Aaron Walker' attorney needs to file a motion to trace the call; after all, this looks like an attempt to cause "Death By Cop", i.e., Attempted Murder, ... and maybe Conspiracy to Commit ...

Where will the trace lead? That's part of the point of forcing the trace ... the companies that facilitate forged calls need to be held accountable, and required to cooperate with police when properly served.

My guess is that untangling the call will lead to many people who do not wish to be revealed ... particularly when it looks like being part of a Conspiracy charge will drag them into many other things.

Posted by: Arbalest at June 25, 2012 05:06 PM (tyYO6)

110 That site meter pop up is NOT happening when I go to any other site, just this one. Houston we have a problem

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 05:09 PM (Dnbau)

111 No sitemeter here in Linux, booting from an ISO land.

Posted by: Jean, team dagny at June 25, 2012 05:11 PM (WkuV6)

112 ACE THE BLOG IS BROKE - PERSISTENT SITE METER POP UP ONLY ON YOUR WEB SITE

Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 05:11 PM (Dnbau)

113

The site meter pop up has happened to me on a couple of sites.

I have Task Manager on, to see if I can see any unexpected processes.

Thorough virus scan will be done tonight.

Posted by: Arbalest at June 25, 2012 05:13 PM (tyYO6)

114 Is Holder's comment re: "this Civil Rights Justice Department will not prosecute black people" hearsay, or is it documented? J. Christian Adams testamony at the CRC about the NBP case. http://pajamasmedia.com/files/2010/07/NBPP-Hearing-Transcript-7-6-10.pdf

Posted by: toby928© at June 25, 2012 05:13 PM (QupBk)

115 I got the site-meter pop-up three or four times in a row when refreshing. Then it stopped. It's not happening here any longer.

Posted by: ChrisP at June 25, 2012 05:13 PM (626PS)

116 @115 Grow up and grow a pair or get a pear shaped ass..

Posted by: Clemenza at June 25, 2012 05:15 PM (qA9lG)

117 115 ACE THE BLOG IS BROKE - PERSISTENT SITE METER POP UP ONLY ON YOUR WEB SITE No, its doing at the jawa report too. Must be a munuvian thing.

Posted by: bebe's boobs destroy at June 25, 2012 05:15 PM (CNPLQ)

118 I guess no one in the government is concerned about the President's safety. Isn't it plausible that the bad guys use this method to divert security assets from POTUS. Or start a panic in DC and get access to Congress.

Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at June 25, 2012 05:15 PM (84oau)

119 115 ACE THE BLOG IS BROKE - PERSISTENT SITE METER POP UP ONLY ON YOUR WEB SITE Posted by: Thunderb at June 25, 2012 09:11 PM

Use Firefox with the NoScript, it won't pop up on you

Posted by: kbdabear at June 25, 2012 05:18 PM (Y+DPZ)

120 Brattleboro does not have a SWAT team. We are a peaceful and progressive town.

This sort of violent hate is a creature of the Right Wing originally, though this Kimberlin person sounds like he needs gentle therapy.

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at June 25, 2012 05:18 PM (VZyOx)

121 123 Brattleboro does not have a SWAT team. We are a peaceful and progressive town.

Heh, the mental institution in Sucker Punch in located in Brattleboro. 'Splains a lot.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 25, 2012 05:20 PM (Agn5J)

122 Philly police act?

Don't hold your breath. There is a reason lefty clods target people living in blue zones.

If they did this to a blogger in a red state, the police would be all over it.

Posted by: Kristopher at June 25, 2012 05:21 PM (0aV2C)

123 Nothing is going to happen to the guy. Get this through you're thick heads: The left owns this country. The GOP is part of the left. The GOP do anything about these left wing terrorist attacks? You're voting for people who say conservative things but only vote for the left.

Posted by: Jack at June 25, 2012 05:21 PM (A+59T)

124 Good f'in' lord.

Posted by: cthulhu at June 25, 2012 05:22 PM (kaalw)

125 125 Philly police act? Don't hold your breath. There is a reason lefty clods target people living in blue zones.

Can only do so much until Seth "I Stand With Trayvon" Williams puts the kibosh on a search warrant.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at June 25, 2012 05:23 PM (Agn5J)

126 sitemeter is one of the things blocked on my NoScript, so I'm not seeing it. It's part of the page.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, New Caprica Sanitation Department at June 25, 2012 05:23 PM (x8wJs)

127 I assume all trolls are Average Joe.

Posted by: toby928© at June 25, 2012 05:27 PM (QupBk)

128 Here's an article explaining how That Man gets the money for all the shit he pulls. His rich lefty aunt, who bears a physical resemblance to Cindy Sheehan

Harriett Crosby: A Useful Idiot

http://tinyurl.com/6sapbmo

Posted by: kbdabear at June 25, 2012 05:28 PM (Y+DPZ)

129 I stop by Patterico's blog now to keep up with this story...it's pretty complex. What I don't understand with this SWATing thing, is that in each case the caller seems to be able to make it look as if the call comes from the residence on caller I.D. (called caller I.d. spoofing) and acts like he is a resident claiming to have shot his spouse. In a situation like this, why do police departments immediately call the residence, or cell phones of the resident, back? They could be preparing swat and sending out a squad car or two, but a call back would likely defuse the situation before 16 men in black battle gear and nasty guns show up freaking everyone in the neighborhood out, costing taxpayers a bundle, and even potentially mistakenly harming someone in the process.

Posted by: MostlyRight at June 25, 2012 05:30 PM (ZG8Ti)

130 I don't know the particulars of the tech. But, what I do know, is the only way to not be tracked is to be off the grid completely. No electric, no phone, no nothing. That's almost impossible lately, and obviously so for a blogger, but if you're on, you can be tracked. There are ways to minimize that, but most people don't care to learn. At least at the moment, like me. Otherwise, if you're exposed in the least through services and/or payments of any kind, you can be found if someone wants to try hard enough.

Posted by: Big Zesty at June 25, 2012 05:30 PM (66pgZ)

131 Ummm...why DON'T police departments...

Posted by: MostlyRight at June 25, 2012 05:31 PM (ZG8Ti)

132 Law enforcement agencies do not like false alarms, especially potentially deadly standoff false alarms

They may or may not give a shit about Aaron Walker, but they do give a shit about being sent out on a false alarm or being tricked into killing somebody

Posted by: kbdabear at June 25, 2012 05:32 PM (Y+DPZ)

133 Hmmmm

Posted by: Dave in Texas at June 25, 2012 05:34 PM (pUqSw)

134

SWATting is just a term. I don't think, in many of these cases, actual SWAT teams respond. But it's likely a whole shift of patrol officers shows up, which isn't really much different. That's just my guess. "Regular" police officers do respond to shootings & gun calls, it's not just a SWAT thing. Many departments don't even have SWAT teams.

Posted by: yinzer at June 25, 2012 05:35 PM (LJ9nk)

135 Posted by: Soap MacTavish at June 25, 2012 08:54 PM (vbh31)

You too? Thought it was my computer acting buggy.

Posted by: HH at June 25, 2012 08:58 PM (v+ExF)

me also

Posted by: willow at June 25, 2012 05:39 PM (TomZ9)

136

137 yinzer at June 25, 2012 09:35 PM (LJ9nk)

SWATting is just a term.

No, SWATtin is when armed lawmen, ready to shoot, to kill if THEY deem it necessary, show up at one's home ...

I don't think, in many of these cases, actual SWAT teams respond.

Small comfort? Usually, the men who show up are armed and have badges ... and these stinking badges give them certain "rights" ...

Posted by: Arbalest at June 25, 2012 05:40 PM (tyYO6)

137 No time wasted there, no sir. Glad AW & his wife are ok.

Posted by: RulesLawyer at June 25, 2012 05:46 PM (DH4Mk)

138 Not "rights". The term is police powers, immediately followed by official immunity. Both are subject to abuse, but both are granted as a function of employment and may be taken away.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 25, 2012 05:50 PM (a4CUi)

139 What idiots! The last thing you do when you've pocket a hornet's nest is drop your drawers and piss all over the hive. BK and friends are going to go down hard.

Posted by: The Political Hat at June 25, 2012 05:52 PM (XYqoq)

140

What we want here is some of our Congressional representatives to drag themselves out of the bar and represent us. It is about time that the FBI, and the NSA discovered who these people doing the SWATing are.

Posted by: Jack at June 25, 2012 05:55 PM (wUFaM)

141 I think S.30 from the 2009 Senate docket is languishing in committee, having already passed the House. That bill, IIRC (I'm looking at notes) provides for making CID spoofing and other VOIP abuses a federal offense (I don't know the penalty terms). False police reports are already a crime, sometimes felony grade. People who get caught doing that generally get a bunch of other goodies tacked on to their charges too, as it's a rather frowned-upon activity. heh.

Posted by: IdowhatIwant at June 25, 2012 06:03 PM (a4CUi)

142 Glad to hear that Aaron and his wife are safe... the SWATting today really puts BK and his minions in the spotlight, considering that the incident happened on the same day as the court ruling.

Whomever is doing this is probably using Vonage/Skype and going through a proxy server to try and hide their tracks... too bad someone like the FBI or NSA are not working on this, I'm sure that the NSA has the tools to find out who is behind this and the other incidents of SWATting... before it is too late.

Posted by: Mjölnir the banhammer at June 25, 2012 06:13 PM (Jls4P)

143 Does someone have to be killed before justice is done?

A Democrat activist getting greased would certainly generate more FBI focus.

Remember who is running the DOJ...
...Eric Holder.

Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at June 25, 2012 06:28 PM (ZyW4A)

144

Isn't a flase accusation against the law?

I suppose with holder at the helm, we no longer live in a nation of laws.

Posted by: Fresh at June 25, 2012 06:58 PM (O7ksG)

145 flase = false.

Posted by: Fresh at June 25, 2012 06:58 PM (O7ksG)

146 but please, don't call leftwingers thugs and stalinists.

Posted by: Fresh at June 25, 2012 06:59 PM (O7ksG)

147 When I was in grade school we had a visit from FDNY. They were their usual amazing but they told us never to pull a fire alarm and never call 911 to report a fire if there was no fire. They told us that it was not only the wrong thing to do but against the law. They told us that a false alarm could inadvertently cause a problem if another alarm is called in with a real fire. They said they take risks racing to the fire and the risk is proportionate if it's a real emergency but if it isn't and a firefighter gets hurt that's a horrible consequence. I feel like this swatting stuff is like calling in a false alarm.

My friend who is a cop when I asked him about this said that there is a danger that the calls from this house will not be answered so quickly the next time, with everyone assuming it's another set up. He said this would be horrible if the next time there is a real situation that would require the swat team, stat. He said this probably won't happen cause the police are professionals but that the attitude of "oh it's that address again" is wearing on all involved.

Posted by: food tester at June 25, 2012 08:16 PM (oZfic)

148 It should be police policy to verify the caller's location. Unless he is at or near the house, the call should be considered prank. And why oh why doesn't the police dispatcher call the home phone or make some other attempt to verify the problem is a real one? Seriously, some evaluation needs to be made re the identity of the caller before the person should be taken seriously. What is the point behind anonymity in a complaint if it is a real one?

The purpose of SWATting is not to murder (although that would not bother them) it is to prove that they can do this with impunity. Their own Fast and Furious within our own borders, where domestic terrorists are the weapons loosed, domestic terrorism targeted on political enemies of the regime...

As Bill Whittle says, follow the ideology.

Posted by: Fussy at June 25, 2012 08:40 PM (Y/2U4)

149 Almost every home had a land line phone when I was growing up. They instituted a system whereby they could tell where the call was coming from so that ambulances could find you if there was an emergency. Then everyone realized that a land line phone with their cell was a redundancy they were paying for and got rid of their land line phone. There are programs that will give your specific location but you have to download them to your phone I think and you have to have some reason to want to do that, like a teenager whose parents want to be able to see exactly where they are when they call.

As far as a 911 operator deciding that a call is a prank, would you want to be that operator in the event it wasn't a prank? Plus, if there was a real emergency situation not of your making and they called you to ask if you called wouldn't it be logical that is your safety were compromised that the compromiser would force you to say you were fine?

This is a very tough situation. Look at the emergency call from the boaters where the guy calmly made the call. Apparently this cost a small fortune and when you hear the call, you would have set the wheels in motions too, it sounded real. They still haven't found that guy and they are saying this wasn't the first call like that in recent months.

I haven't commented on the specifics of this, just the generalities. Is it possible that someone is using the "kill two birds with one stone theory" as regards this situation?

Posted by: food tester at June 26, 2012 05:41 AM (oZfic)

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