Friday, November 15, 2013

Spy Logic

     Only a spy agency would find one of its own dead, padlocked into a gym bag in his own bathtub, and declare it to be "most probably" a solo accident.  (Squickful descriptions.)

     Okay, then; they're all Room 101 at this hotel, aren't they?
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7 comments:

  1. BorepatchNovember 16, 2013 at 12:39 AM

    What's the frequency, Kenneth? And the Enigma rotor settings?

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  2. JosephNovember 16, 2013 at 2:22 AM

    I've been hearing about this all week. "No other person involved."? I don't quite believe that one.

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  3. Dave HNovember 16, 2013 at 7:55 AM

    I saw this in the news and thought of the punchline to a (very racist) joke from my childhood: "The Sheriff called it the worst case of suicide he'd ever seen."

    They could have at least planted a Harry Houdini biography at the scene.

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  4. StrangerNovember 16, 2013 at 12:17 PM

    Most gym bags scale around 1700 to 2600 cubic inches, or 1 to 1.5 cubic feet. Enough space for a set of sweats, sneakers, skivvies and soap.

    I suppose a very large person could squeeze a very small person into a gym bag but closing it from the inside would be a neat trick.

    I cannot say whether it was homicide or homocide but there was certainly an external hand on the zipper pull.

    Stranger

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  5. Comrade MisfitNovember 16, 2013 at 7:40 PM

    Better a questionable suicide on the books than an unsolved homicide. Looks better for CompStat.

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  6. craigNovember 17, 2013 at 5:44 PM

    I have seen more improbable exploits from MI-6 while watching James Bond, so I guess anything could happen. (tongue in cheek)

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  7. markmNovember 20, 2013 at 10:14 PM

    Dave, "racism" depends on the setting. The version of that story I've heard was of a Chicago Alderman, found shot twice in the back of the head. The coroner's verdict (presumably after learning of the Alderman's disagreement with the Mayor): "The worst case of suicide I've ever seen." Everyone involved was white. There might have been a time when such stories could be an aspersion on the Irish who once dominated politics in many big cities, but Mayor Daley's reputation as a gang-connected politician lasted long past the time when anyone cared about him being Irish.

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