Tuesday, February 05, 2013

PHOTOS: 'I can’t describe how incredible it is to hold him again': Ethan's mom speaks for first time of joy at having her 'beautiful, sweet boy' back in her arms after bunker ordeal | Mail Online - Laura Collins


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PHOTOS: A mock bunker, a military spy camera and a veil of secrecy: Revealed, the extraordinary FBI operation to rescue five-year-old Ethan from survivalist's underground lair | Mail Online - Laura Collins - An elite team of FBI agents built a mock bunker and inserted a spy camera into Jimmy Lee Dyke’s underground bunker to rescue five-year-old Ethan after a week of meticulous planning, it was revealed today. - The FBI Hostage Rescue Team blew the doors off the bunker and shot dead the survivalist during the daring raid yesterday afternoon after footage from a secret hi-tech camera showed the boy’s life was in ‘imminent danger’.


http://themeck.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-mock-bunker-military-spy-camera-and.html


Survivalist tricked Alabama school bus driver into stopping by 'promising a gift of home-grown broccoli' before he shot him dead and took a little boy hostage | Mail Online - Laura Collins - Survivalist Jimmy Lee Dykes set his plan to ambush a Midland City school bus in motion by telling the driver that he was 'going to give him a gift', it was revealed today. - The detail has emerged as the hostage situation in Alabama continues into its fifth day. - The day before Dykes, 65, acted, he told driver, Charles Poland, that he was going to give him some broccoli he had grown on his land. - His intention was to ensure that his approach caused no alarm when he boarded the vehicle on Tuesday afternoon armed with a gun.

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Details emerge in Alabama child hostage rescue - CNN.com - Law enforcement officers were able to see what was going on inside the underground bunker where a 5-year-old boy was held hostage for a week with a camera they somehow slipped into the hideout, a law enforcement official said Tuesday.

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Free Wi-Fi for everyone? FCC says maybe | The Biz Beat - AJC.com - What would you say to unlimited access to free super Wi-Fi networks across the nation – and possibly never having to sign up for a data plan? The Federal Communications Commission is considering making free Wi-Fi- networks available to the public. - While it could be years before it’s a reality, the proposal already has wireless service providers in a tizzy, according to The Washington Post.

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http://blogs.ajc.com/business-beat/2013/02/05/free-wi-fi-for-everyone-fcc-giving-it-some-thought/


The Meck Radio Show: Ala State Representative Steve Clouse talks about Ethan's Birthday this Wednesday. (Tomorrow) - Meck Suggestion to Rep Clouse: A Dale County School Should Be Named After Mr. Charles Poland.

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Revealed: How the FBI used an elaborate surveillance network and heavily-armed SWAT teams to take Alabama hostage gunman down | Mail Online - Laura Collins - A citadel of surveillance has been erected – all unreported until now, all as negotiators hoped for a peaceful outcome. - CNN reports that military surveillance equipment and personnel were used during the standoff. - CNN correspondent Barbara Starr reports that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta personally approved the FBI using its gear and engineers during the operations. - However, it was the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team, and not U.S. troops that, that stormed the bunker and recused five-year-old Ethan.

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http://themeck.blogspot.com/2013/02/revealed-how-fbi-used-elaborate.html


Family Members Share Photo Of Ethan To ABC News - WDHN.com


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Five-star linebacker Reuben Foster commits to Alabama | al.com - Matt Scalici - Auburn High School linebacker Reuben Foster has come full circle after one of the most dramatic recruiting sagas in recent memory, committing to Alabama on Monday night during The NEW College Football Show on Fox Sports South.

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Slain bus driver got hostage situation training; may have maneuvered bus during attack, state official says | al.com - Erin Edgemon - Just two years before the kidnapping of a Midland City child on Jan. 29 from his school bus, slain Dale County School bus driver Charles Albert Poland Jr. had received hostage situation training, according to an official with the Alabama Department of Education.

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http://blog.al.com/montgomery/2013/02/state_education_official_slain.html#incart_maj-story-1


After the Alabama hostage rescue: Ethan a "loving child," having "biggest time," family says (live updates) | al.com - Madison Underwood


http://blog.al.com/montgomery/2013/02/after_the_alabama_hostage_resc.html#incart_maj-story-1


PHOTOS: A mock bunker, a military spy camera and a veil of secrecy: Revealed, the extraordinary FBI operation to rescue five-year-old Ethan from survivalist's underground lair | Mail Online - Laura Collins - An elite team of FBI agents built a mock bunker and inserted a spy camera into Jimmy Lee Dyke’s underground bunker to rescue five-year-old Ethan after a week of meticulous planning, it was revealed today. - The FBI Hostage Rescue Team blew the doors off the bunker and shot dead the survivalist during the daring raid yesterday afternoon after footage from a secret hi-tech camera showed the boy’s life was in ‘imminent danger’.


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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2273834/A-mock-bunker-military-spy-camera-veil-secrecy-Revealed-extraordinary-FBI-operation-rescue-year-old-Ethan-survivalists-underground-lair.html#axzz2JhmyfBrO