If you watched Charlie Rose tonight you will learn the investigation

[bribri16]

into the London bombing has led to mostly speculation.
And I am asking how does finding one's credit card in an explosion mean that you were a bomber? If you are near a bomb that explodes and you have a credit card on your person....well, you go figure.
Almost nothing that you are reading or hearing in the US MSM has been anything more than "speculation."

[jean]

1. thanks for the report on Rose... I read the new reports earlier today

that the Brits had 4 men in mind as the culprits and thought "Brilliant police work!" Thanks for tempering my view on the matter.

[BattyDem]

2. On my local news tonight ...

they said that they identified the bombers because they found "documents" that belonged to them.

Um ... they were on 3 subways trains and a bus. It's public transportation. No assigned seats ... no names or personal info was collected when they boarded. How the f*ck could they possibly know that the documents came from the bombers?!?

[faithnotgreed]

3. i cannot watch charlie rose. he has some great guests on but he

often interrupts with his take on what he thinks the speaker is saying which isnt always correct
the last time i tried to watch him he was literally telling the ny speaker of the house that yes he would eventually agree with the mayor and approve the stadium or whatever the republicans wanted built for the olympics
he kept saying no im not sure. it doesnt really make fiscal sense as it stands. but charlie wasnt having any of that. in his good natured/simple way he was sure this guy would support the olympics! heaven forbid

he seems so simple and so often on the wrong side. like listening to bob woodward

eta: he sure knows a lot of people and must live an interesting life. and again he has a wonderful variety of guests on but the confused and softball questions made me not watch him. but then i saw him recently with the above guest (ny speaker) and i knew i had made a good decision originally
its always the ones who seem like they dont intend any harm that probably know just what they are doing
i will say he doesnt push things much and has people on you dont get to see anywhere else in this country (at least on a national level)

[1932]

4. My guess: things that were closer to the blast have more damage.

They matched the credit card to the pictures on the camera of the four arriving together with backpacks.

What are the chances that four people arriving together with backpacks would go four different directions and two of them would be found as corpses bearing the most damage from two of four different explosions?

[Lexingtonian]

5. No....

Most of the information is inofficial stuff from the British investigation. It's not for attribution, and the official statements are very conservative and careful. But you can see the information being mentioned on the BBC website and British newspaper articles, where the sourcing is explained.

Yes, after the WTC attack they found the wallet or passport of one of the plane hijackers on the street, a block away from the WTC itself. I don't know what your insinuation is about a 'a credit card on your person', but in fact explosive shock waves will tear apart relatively large, soft, and complicated surfaces and structures- human bodies- via the air pressure differentials built up. Compact items don't build up substantial pressure differentials and will be thrown rather than torn by the shock waves.

Do stop speculating that 'the US MSM' is 'nothing more than "speculation"'. You have no warrants for such an argument, no evidence.

[kansasblue]

6. he did a good job on the Rove story n/t