The FBI believes they know the ISIS executioner.

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Thursday September 25, 2014 · 2:55 PM PDT

2014/09/25 · 14:55

This afternoon at FBI headquarters, James Comey told reporters that he believes the FBI has identified the Brittish-accented hostage executioner from the excruciating videos of the beheadings of two journalists and an aid worker.

Acording to The Wire, "Jihadi John" was known to intelligence officials as a hostage negotiator for a group of British ISIS fighters in Syria.

He was also a guard for hostages in Raqqa. He originally hails from the United Kingdom, likely the London area, based on his accent. One of his former hostages said John is "intelligent, educated and a devout believer in radical Islamic teachings."
While the identity is now known to intelligence officials, it will not be publicly released, presumably as the military works to apprehend him. Though the man will not be named, this is a major step to taking down the terrorist network.

Hopefully this is one step closer to some kind of justice for the families of James Foley, Steven Sotloff and David Haines.

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Friday February 26, 2010 · 11:49 AM PST

2010/02/26 · 11:49

Recently, due to my nearly constant need to take my mind on strange tangents of historical and philosophical significance, I became interested in the Salem witch trials and their implications in the formation of the modern American story. I suppose this curiosity is also partly due to what my wife and I call "The Rubberneck effect", which is the same reason we all slow down to look at a car accident, or watch "COPS" (or "American Idol" for that matter) on TV. I mean that witch-hunt stuff was some bad s**t. When awful things happen to others we as people often do put our hands over our eyes, but we also tend to spread our fingers apart far enough so we don't miss a thing.

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Thursday October 23, 2008 · 1:38 PM PDT

2008/10/23 · 13:38

You have no idea what it took to get those yard signs.

First, my wife and I went to the local Obama office. "All out" the lady behind the folding table told me. "Did you get your's stolen too?" I shook my head in the negative and made a comment in appreciation of her "This one for That One" button. She suggested I go to the Democratic offices just a few blocks away and she handed me some cardboard signs for our windows. Although I wasn't able to make it there that day, it did not matter as they didn't have any signs either because of this issue.

So we talked to some friends telling them how dissapointed we were that we couldn't get signs when one says, "Hey I know someone running for state house, his name is Wade Boyles. Could he come over and bring some signs with him?"

"Heck yes" we said. And he did. We got a sign from this very nice gentelman for this one, this one, and That One. (More below the fold)

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had a Democratic candidate's yard sign stolen?

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had a Republican candidate's yard sign stolen?

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had a Independents/Non-Partisan candidates yard sign stolen?

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yourself stolen any yard signs, and are therefore a jerk?

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The FBI believes they know the ISIS executioner.

The Dark Path of Fear

To the jerk who stole my yard signs...