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Cia official guesses Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20021021/lo_wesh/1361736 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20021021/lo_wesh/1361736 Local - WESH NewsChannel2000.com Former CIA Spy: Sniper Has Military Training Mon Oct 21, 5:38 PM ET The question remains: Who is the sniper? • How Much Is Your Car Really Worth? He has committed 12 shootings in Maryland and Virginia since Oct. 2, and experts said he is intelligent, methodical, and has special training to know how to disappear. Many experts have also speculated that this could be some kind of al-Qaida plot, but a former CIA (news - web sites) spy told WESH NewsChannel 2 that he's convinced that is not the case. "He's a pro. This man is an assassin," Fred Wettering said. In his decades of service as a spy, Wettering learned about how terrorists operate. Based on that experience, he believes this secretive marksman killer doesn't operate the same way as large terror groups. "They're proud of what they're doing, and in order to maximize the impact of what they're doing, they have to advertise it and say 'Look. We got you,'" Wettering said. From nervous people on the street pumping gas in Virginia suburbs to lawmakers in the halls of Congress -- others aren't so sure. "It's terrorism plain and simple. You've got schools closing, you've got people not wanting to go out," a Washington, D.C.-area resident said. "We do know that al-Qaida terrorists have been given all types of training, including sniper-type training," Trent Lott, R-Senate minority leader, said. Based on the fact that this gunman only fires once, Wettering feels this killer has military training, likely as a marksman. "Any military credo of a marksman -- one shot, one kill -- they take great pride in that," Wettering said. And at least twice, the killer likely left his vehicle, waiting for his prey in the woods, with a high-powered, military-type rifle to deliver the same deadly .223-caliber round again and again. "He's a pro in the sense that he's comfortable handling a military-type weapon and tramping through the woods in the middle of the night. He knows what he's doing," Wettering said. And he's able to escape in front of or around roadblocks. "Police roadblocks work if they know what they're looking for. I don't think they know what they're looking for," Wettering said. To comment on this story, send an e-mail to Bob Kealing.

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