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Clues, Documents And Evidence About The Case
georger:
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Register or LoginI concur, G. I believe we are missing details on these time periods.
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I revised mine above with even more details from Transcript.
The order to not talk probably happened in the 8:20 period. Then at Reno in the 11:20 period 305 says: we have been order NOT TO TALK. So everything said to the Company has been redacted and 305 has been ordered not to say anything publicly.
The only concern at Reno is the bomb.
One reason the FBI and the Company might not want the crew to talk is: facts are material to any criminal case. If everything is broadcast for the public to hear that could compromise any case against Cooper. Only Cooper and the crew (and whoever 305 talks to!) knows the true facts. There was even an FAA directive about this - these 'proscriptions' can be for an employees lifetime! Rataczak may still be under that order because the Cooper case is still an active case. Mucklow likewise.
Robert99:
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Register or LoginI concur, G. I believe we are missing details on these time periods.
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I revised mine above with even more details from Transcript.
The order to not talk probably happened in the 8:20 period. Then at Reno in the 11:20 period 305 says: we have been order NOT TO TALK. So everything said to the Company has been redacted and 305 has been ordered not to say anything publicly.
The only concern at Reno is the bomb.
One reason the FBI and the Company might not want the crew to talk is: facts are material to any criminal case. If everything is broadcast for the public to hear that could compromise any case against Cooper. Only Cooper and the crew (and whoever 305 talks to!) knows the true facts. There was even an FAA directive about this - these 'proscriptions' can be for an employees lifetime! Rataczak may still be under that order because the Cooper case is still an active case. Mucklow likewise.
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Earlier in the Oakland Center's radio transcript, the crew was given an ARINC radio frequency for northern California and told to contact NWA Minneapolis through that system. The communications through the ARINC system were both by teletype and the radio/phone patch which was set up as the airliner was leaving Seattle. The voice communications were instantaneous but the teletype messages arrived a number of minutes after the corresponding voice message.
A few years ago, a number of the ARINC teletype printouts were made available to Fred Poynter at the WSHM by former Seattle/NWA personnel. Poynter and his staff did an analysis of those printouts and concluded that a number of messages had been deleted or redacted. This is the same thing as was done with the radio transcripts from the Seattle ATC Center.
In summary, both the ATC radio transcripts and the ARINC messages for the hijacking are incomplete.
haggarknew:
As per last few... Totally agree, main concern was brief case. Good point about being an "active case". After landing didn't they taxi the aircraft as far away from everything as possible before sending in bomb sniffing (possibly Vietnam bound) dogs? Makes me question the possibility that he might have actually left the brief case on the plane.(purely speculation).
Shutter:
Cooper speaks of a "pleasant place"
One place that seems to be overlooked is Mazatlan, Mexico.
Lynn:
I don't have any of the books written by FBI agents - the Himmelsbach or the one about McCoy. Is there much mention of searches done for taxi drivers, hotel/motel staff, Sky Chef staff, etc. who might have had contact with Cooper? I'm sure this was done but I have seen little to no detail of what their investigation at the Portland end entailed.
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