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Treasure Hunter Wants To Find Bin Laden's Body With ROV
Kittenman writes "Slate is carrying some details of how eccentric treasure hunter Bill Warren is proposing looking for the body of Osama Bin Laden in the Arabian sea. He plans on using sonar, and a remotely operated submersible. If he finds the remains, he'll photograph them to confirm Bin Laden's death to the world. Warren says, 'There is still a $25 million reward that no one has collected, and the reward says dead or alive, well, if -- in fact -- he is dead, then I could collect the $25 million reward. Why not?'"
Good luck finding a target slightly smaller, that the fish have been chewing on.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Recover that body! Think about it... Weekend at Osama's!
'There is still a $25 million reward that no one has collected, and the reward says dead or alive, well, if -- in fact -- he is dead, then I could collect the $25 million reward. Why not?'
"Why not?" is that the reward is given at the discretion of the US government, and they're not going to give it to you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Gritz Back in the 80s, US special forces were going to rescue POWs that were still being held in Vietnam. They tried twice, and both times as soon as they were getting close to launching the raids, Bo Gritz popped up, did a little boasting and ego stroking, and got the missions cancelled. This guy is directly responsible for the deaths of those prisoners. Anyway, whenever I see Slate stroking his own ego, I can't help but think of Gritz. At least Slate isn't getting anyone killed though.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
They were able to find, recover and identify roughly 70 bodies 2 years after the plane went down. So, it would be possible if he found it fairly quickly. However, I think this guy is an idiot and nothing more than a publicity seeker. Of course the $25million reward no longer stands. The government found him and killed him. And they know where the body was dumped as well. Those coordinates are just highly classified. You can't find what isn't lost or missing.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
Here is an interview with Bill Warren on The Roe & Roeper radio show on Chicago's WLS-AM station. http://www.wlsam.com/article.asp?id=2213142&spid=37724 If you want to skip past the B.S., just listen to to the last four minutes where a professional salvage operator completely shows him up.
Well, it only took them 75 years to find the Titanic.
No, the majority of the time was waiting for the technology to catch up so they could verify where it sank. They always knew the general location of where it was from the last coordinates sent from the Titanic as well as the rescue ships documenting where they picked up the passengers. The 75 year wait was waiting for correct technology to be developed so they could send something down 2 miles to say, "yep there it is".
I think this guy might find himself...
*sunglasses*
...in over his head
YEEEAAAAH!
"What the American public doesn't know is what makes them the American public." -Ray Zalinsky (Tommy Boy)
Logic tells us that there's no way that the U.S. government would announce bin Laden's death without being 100% sure that he was dead, because it would be too easy for bin Laden to release a video reading the headlines from today's newspaper.
Maybe they know he died a year ago from kidney failure and the U.S. government wants to take credit, but you can bet that bin Laden is dead right now.
Anyone who loves or hates any language, platform, or manufacturer, doesn't know what they're talking about.
Burial at sea is fine for Muslims. In this particular context the important bit is most likely this bit: " if an enemy may dig up the grave to mutilate the body, it is also allowed to bury the deceased at sea to avoid mutilation." (And if you don't trust Wikipedia on the matter, go to their source: Rules About Burial of the Dead Body.)
Given all the comments I've seen that he ought to have been buried in a box of pork chops, I think it's fair to say that this was a real concern.
Doesn't change a bit about the fact that you guys watered down the definition of "combatant" to the point where it could mean anyone. Obviously a state doesn't need to be involved, obviously a formal declaration of war doesn't need to be involved. In that framework, an "enemy combatant" is just code for "anyone the US does not like and will disappear without any trial or evidence." Excuse me if my trust is limited.
Ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appellant.