What the heck are these guys doing? They are obviously not there as spectators. Notice the earpieces. What are private military contractors doing 'working' a domestic event? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There has been much discussion over the two individuals fitted with earpieces and military-esque gear spotted at the Boston Marathon, but as it turns out they may likely be employees of the Blackwater-style private military/security firm Craft International. The two can be seen in the photo below with their hands up to their ears in what is later (second photo) confirmed to be a a wired communications device. Originally, it was thought that these men were likely some sort of military or special operations specifically SEAL team members as indicated by an emblem on one of their black hats. After doing some digging, however, it becomes much more likely that these men are employees of Craft International a private military/security firm similar in nature to Blackwater (Xe). Here is the first image of the men cropped from the larger picture of the marathon: From this, we first see the military-style men wearing what later is revealed to be standard issue Craft International clothing. But next lets examine another image that not only establishes the existence of an ear piece but also the skull logo on the one individuals hat which is actually the logo for Craft International, the private military firm started by famed sniper Chris Kyle. Here is the image below, which draws parallels between the SEAL aspect of the symbol (and Blackwater) but does not address Craft International: Now its time to narrow it down. Are these men SEALS, Blackwater, or what? Well, by visiting the Craft International About Us page, we start to get answers. Not only is the favicon (little tab icon) of the site the exact same logo (which on the hat presumably reads Craft), but in image 3 (seen below) we see Chris Kyle with the exact same standard issue Craft International uniform we see these men wearing. From the boots, pants, and even baseball cap icon, it matches up. See for yourself below: So are these individuals working for Craft International? It seems so, but why are private military soldiers present at the Boston Marathon? Perhaps it coincides with the perceived threat of a bombing that eyewitness Alastair Stevenson reports. http://www.storyleak.com/craft-international-private-military-forces-boston-marathon/
We dont know they are private military contractors. They could have just been undercover security or something. Either way its not unusual at all that they would hire people as security precaution. Unfortunately it wasnt enough this time.
Or is it infinitely more likely this is the infinitely more popular punisher symbol (from which ST3 got the logo)? See that writing on the back of the hat? Wanna know what it says? I can tell you... because it is a marvel baseball cap. Says one man army.
Oh, absolutely it's a Punisher image. That image has been used by Seals and is also the logo of Craft International. In the blowup of the 2 guys, you can see that there's something on the skull's forehead. Also, it looks like (though it's blurry) that there's something red on the right eye of the skull. Could be the crosshairs on the Craft logo. Also, there seems to be an image on the right side of the cap just above the ear. Does the Marvel hat have those features? Here's an image from Craft of their hat. Now, even if it is, you or I could buy one of these so it means nothing by itself. The 2 guys are dressed remarkably like Chris Kyle, founder of Craft, so that lends credence that they are Craft personnel.
You guys are aware that security contractors can work in the US 100% legally right? Corporations and private events use them all the time.
Well, guess war is good for something after all... War medicine now is helping Boston bomb victims 18 Apr.`13 - The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims.
Woogs wrote: I know these particular photos were posted elsewhere, but you expanded on the details pertaining to them. Excellent OP. Questerr wrote: Well, we're having trouble confirming that. Can you do it? Common sense would dictate that given the marathon is a very high profile event run in broad daylight, they were there in some official capacity. Thing is, these are operatives I think most would associate with protecting assets in a war zone or some $h!+, key dignitaries or torturing & whacking purported enemies of the state. Let's assume that officials connected with the marathon did bring these hired guns in. Granted, there's always a first for everything, is that what this was? So then the questions are, who hired them & why? Here's a mainstream conservative source: Correct me if I'm wrong, but this article implies that this is a first, former fuq'n seals doing a marathon. You want to explain some of this to me, because I'm not fuq'n following it at all! Who was this suspect who was to appear in federal court? FOX, CNN & the AP all reported the same thing, then their stories were all retracted! Then there's a bomb scare at the courthouse? WTF is that? The story doesn't link the two together & perhaps they don't have anything to do with each other. Someone associated with infowars.com tried to confront the FBI spokesman about the operatives during his press conference, but rather than put the nut in his place, he cuts him off and says; "next question". No matter how seemingly obvious, these questions need answering. But I question whether there'll even be asked.
A little more detail about the photos of the Craft personnel: I posted those photos earlier not realizing where these men stood in relation to the blast. It seems that they were right where the bomb went off before the explosion but had moved just a bit away and were photographed in the street after the explosion. These photos show that. They are the 'same' photos, only not zoomed in so you get a perspective of where they were in relation to the whole scene.
Private security is always present at big events, and military contractors work at big events all the time to save the government money. Drone surveillance is going to be used more as soon as it becomes privatized in law, that will be better than relying on a department store cam footage.
This 'private security' was mere feet from the device before it exploded, yet succeeded only in not having their asses blown up when it went off.
We've had a couple of threads on this. Here is a blurb: A picture: And an extensive thread: http://www.politicalforum.com/curre...-reports-saudi-student-has-been-deported.html
