as far as I can remember, everyone who has a grudge against the Government comes out with the reason. they don't hide the fact, or make it a puzzle leading to a political statement? if he was hijacking the plane for some sort of political reason, he would of stated it.
I just think there was a larger plan, than just the hijacking. He got away with what he did, and he knew it was a big deal. He probably laid low for a while, gained some financial freedom, and knew he was scott free. At that point he wanted to continue his legacy, by planting the money. If the money was 3 ft deep, then the people that found it, probably knew it was there. That is alot of luck to find that loot in that spot, at that depth.
DB planted it, and told some poor people where it was. I'm sure it was easy for them to keep their mouth shut. That's forever hush money to them. Plus, now they cant lie and say they knew where it was all along.
There is too much there, to just be a coincidence. I cant believe that more people do not see it that way. It seems like everyone in the DB community continues to repeat themselves, and forget about the fact that this person had a master plan. Somehow he failed his master plan, and his failures created this big controversy in debate on what happened? The guy is out there, and out there alive. If he isn't, then I will never understand why so many people are obsessed with a guy that died while parachuting with some ransom money. If you dont think he is alive or got away, then the rest of the story seems pretty irrelevant, since he failed to get away.
No parachute, no body, nothing, other than some planted money years later, that was found buried 3 ft deep. Does not make sense, why anyone would think this guy died. None at all. They dont even know where he jumped. He could have easily jumped in the Nevada desert. They couldnt find anything where they thought he jumped, then why not look somewhere else that he could have also jumped? Again, it does not make sense. The FBI tells people what they need to hear, to make themselves look brighter than they really are. But in this case, they got played, and are clueless, because from the beginning, they were wrong, and it was too late to go back, and look at it in a different way. They built this story, and could not retract it, because it would make them look completely ridiculous. They dropped the ball, and could not admit it. Instead they put some bland information together to make it seem like he died.
Cooper knew that, and so he planted the money to make sure they knew that. And put it in a place, that made it impossible for it to get to that location. That is what is happening. That is him making sure they know it is retaliation. Its hard to show your grudge against the government, when you work for the government. He knew what he needed to know to get the job done. If he got away with it, then he was okay. But then he realized how dumb the FBI was, and so he continued to taunt them and make them chase circles. The FBI knows that. Of course they wont say it. But it is clear as day, that is what is going on. They closed the case because they know that there will be no more evidence. Something will come up, when the real DB Cooper dies. Its just a matter of time. He will not let his legacy die, because the FBI is closing the case. He will make sure that they know that they have lost this chase. That is how someone like DB Cooper executes a plan. They dont just go away.