That was four years ago, Bruce. Have you heard of any examples of the Bureau actively pursuing leads or running DNA test or fingerprint analysis since then? If so, please enlighten us.
Would a spread sheet from Accounting suffice? Are you only interested in expenses for fingerprint analysis and DNA testing? I'll see what I can do.
But - how about other expenses?
Do you think anyone is looking for the cigarette butts? That would cost time and money, no? How about Al Di, aka Idla. Is he decoding on company time, or is he freelancing privately?
Also, if the feds whacked Cossey, then that cost a pretty penny.
I also suspect that the feds were heavily involved in the Washington State Historical Museum's exhibit on Cooper in 2013. The historical presentation was heavy on the FBI's
who, what and where during the early days. But there were many things missing from the Exhibit and I suspect the Bureau went through the show with a fine-toothed comb to weed out any troubling facts and questions. There was no discussion of Earl Cossey and his claims of parachute ownership or his harsh criticisms of Cooper's skydiving ability. Nor was there any explanation of how the copycats got to the ground safely, some without any prior skydiving experience or with minimal clothing despite wintry conditions.
The presentation of the flight path was just the
same old - same old from the Vault. No discussion of the many dissenting views from FBI agents and principals, such as Himms and Rataczak.
Spinning a story for the public takes a lot of time and money. How much do you think the Bureau spends on keeping the Cooper story contained?
But you may be correct. Maybe the feds are going cheap on DB Cooper. After all, Carr and Eng both let the Citizens Sleuth's into the evidence room unsupervised, apparently. According to CS statements, they tore the tie apart. Who let them do that? Or were the FBI babysitters just letting the kids run crazy while they went for lattes?
And Jimmy and Jake? Who pays their salary? They came and interviewed Sailshaw when he showed up at their front door. That's the beauty of Sail. The dodgey old guy just keeps on chugging along, pestering them with emails - and walks in the main entrance and demands to talk to Cooper agents. I haven't even done that.