That should be "...far from complete" in 1st sentence, 3rd para.

You think so raindrop? Dominic was maybe using a cut-up method of writing, in honor of the, in my opinion, the hippest homo who ever lived.

i can't believe fox news is sleeping on this.

oh, that's right. he tried to kill teh gayz...

He had his own satellite for a while.

By the time all the facts come out, I've got a hunch this story will get bigger than the attemped hate crime at Neighbors.

Piece of shit, allegedly.

And still not a bit of information, despite lots of detail about SPD's witness' interaction with Masmari (including that they talked about "what might happen if [Masmari] tried to leave the country"), about how the police learned of his flight booking and the reported fact that he made it by calling a travel agency. Maybe they called every travel agency in town and asked nicely if they'd give up private information about their clients. Maybe one of those agents recognized the name and called SPD but that this fact, unlike the rest, wasn't worth mentioning in the report. Maybe they convinced a judge searching airline records was likely to turn up evidence of arson.

I suspect as soon as SPD caught wind of the fact that people thought Masmari might be the arsonist, they went to their federal contacts at the joint terrorism task force, pulled Masmari's unlawfully-obtained phone records out of NSA's total information awareness database, confirmed that he (or rather, his mobile phone) had been in Neighbours at the time of the crime, and had some analyst at NSA begin watching his every digital move in real time, no judicial overview involved. The rest of the time between then and the arrest was probably spent digging up information they could use to avoid revealing their ability to tap into the feds’ unconstitutional trove. They probably have their own “taint team” like DEA’s to hide the para….

Maybe this is one of those investigative methods that City Council found too sensitive for public discussion but not qualified for reservation to executive session when Councilmember Bruce Harrel said, “A lot of what [our peace officers] do relative to criminal investigations, it’s a little– It’s sensitive information how they go about establishing probable cause, how often they conduct these criminal investigations, where they do it. And this is not the kind of conversation that you have in executive session ’cause it doesn’t fall under one of the exemptions."

This is great news, as it seems there's a good chance we've found the arsonist and will get him in front of a jury.

@7: Maybe, maybe, maybe.... yes - let's elevate every conceivable conspiratorial possibility to its ultimate consequential impact and debate it ad nauseum. After all, all you have to do is pout about possibilities rather than evaluating the facts and waiting until the investigation is completed.

Never thought I'd see the day, but here I am, actually agreeing with what Phoebe wrote.

@9: Who said anything about conspiracy? I'm talking about what cops and spies do, and I cited examples of them doing it.

Did you read the charging paperwork? I did. Most relevant information is there. Some is not. You can give SPD and their joint terrorism task force buddies the benefit of the doubt if you want.

@1) Thanks. Typo fixed.