The more I think about this, the stranger the wording becomes. The phrasing is so semi opaque that is could mean anything, it’s obvious they have nothing relevant, but they want to aim you in the direction of “He met with FBI for training in 2023”. Nah. Check it:
https://www.theblaze.com/news/phone-associated-with-would-be-assassin-pinged-near-fbi-dc-offices-in-2023-report-says?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dlvr.it_fb_glenn-beck&tpcc=social_fb-post
For one thing, the backer of this investigation was the Oversight Project, an offshoot of The Heritage Foundation, so right off the bat you know it’s tilted.
Several chunks that stand out:
“Investigators used Crooks’ home and work addresses to find cell phones that were common to both addresses, then triangulated each phone’s paths of travel.” Fair enough but this will come up again later. Remember that it doesn’t exclusively mean HIS phone. If his mom, dad, or sister ever gave him a ride to work, or if a coworker gave him a ride home, it could mean them, too.
” …a phone associated with Crooks’ work address at a nursing home in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, traveled to the Gallery Place complex (an 11-story mixed use building with retain shops, restaurants and off-site FBI field offices on the top floor) in downtown Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2023. The phone “pinged” seven or eight times from that location the same day.” They don’t specifically say HIS phone. Just someone who had a phone at the nursing home, like a doctor or visitor. Here’s the kicker though:
“Investigators at the Oversight Project said the phone associated with that ID number most likely belonged to someone who visited Crooks at his place of work. They said they don’t believe it was Crooks’ phone.”
WELL THEN WHY THE HEADLINE OF THE ARTICLE?
“Another device associated with Crooks took a flight from Pittsburgh to Logan International Airport in Boston on March 1, then went to a hotel in Plymouth Harbor, Mass. The device returned to Pittsburgh on March 4.”
From the bottom of my heart I want this to mean he met someone cute online and flew off to spend the weekend with them, but on closer inspection it sounds like one of the doctors at the nursing home went to a nice boring conference in Massachusetts that weekend. Might have to look into that to see what shindigs were going on at that time.
“The devices linked to Crooks’ home and work addresses also visited various spots in Bethel Park, including the YMCA, a building that houses a karate school and a laundromat, a garden center, a golf course, and a Planet Fitness, the report said.”
Get them chores done, my good man. Although the Planet Fitness thing might be why we didn’t think the walker was him at first.
“For the protection of whistleblowers and our investigation, we will not be sharing further information with the congressional task force due to the connective tissue between that entity and FBI, USSS and other entities,”
Translation: We have nothing but this irrelevant gossip but we want you to think we’re smart and important so we’re dressing it up as a major find.
Your translation at the end really sums up the source of the article. Good analysis of their confusing wording! Helped me make sense of it.