and the fbi has been very careful now as they embark in this point of the investigation. they will get flooded with tips. what do you understand about the way the fbi is now set up to receive these tips and to sort through them appropriately and carefully and for lack of a better word to do it quickly? well, typically, the fbi will triage the tips as they come in based on the amount of detail or the began granularity. i know that s person x, y, and z and they live at this address and here the phone number. tips that are kind of vague don t have that detail. certain amount of weight given to tips where individuals who want to provide their own identity to investigators. but sometimes they are tips that are anonymous that are just as valuable. one element that jumped out from the news conference though, bill, in terms of the audience that s being
no bit of information, no matter how small or seemingly inconsequential is too small for us to see. each piece moves us forward towards justice. it is extremely important to contact us with any information regarding the identities of suspect one, suspect 2, and their location. we consider them to be armed and extremely dangerous. no one should approach them. no one should attempt to apprehend them except law enforcement. let me it rate reiterate that caution. do not take any action on your own. if you see these men, contact law enforcement. if you know anything about the bombings or the men pictured here, please call the telephone listed on the photo arrays. that s 1-800-call fbi. again, that s 1-800, 225-5324. all calls will be kept confidential. we have also established a web site for tips that directly relates to the bombing.
and tips. as i said two days ago we are working methodically and sense of urgency to identify those responsible for the bombings. within the last day or so through that careful process, we initially developed a single person of interest. not knowing that the individual was acting alone or in concert with others, we obviously worked with extreme purpose to make that determination. the fbi in boston around the world and as well as our partners, police, atf, massachusetts state police and more than 30 agencies of the boston joint terrorism task force have set about to ensure that all responsible for the bombings will be brought to justice. more importantly, it was done to ensure the future safety of the city of boston, the commonwealth of massachusetts, and the country. indeed, through that process, the fbi developed a second suspect. today we are enlisting the public s help to identify the two suspects. after very detailed analysis of photo, video
good enough for any biometric data base and/or they are not in the system. same with any d.n.a. or physical evidence they acquired off the bags or the bombs they might not be in the system whatsoever. this 48 hours they have tried to pursue all the avenues and closed a name, identification, relatives, vehicles, something. this press conference was pretty sparse when it came to information. they are hoping the public can help right now and the next 24 hours you are going to have a lot of tips come in and there is a very good chance that one of those tips is going to lead to at least who these guys are and where they have been. mark fuhrman. andrea? andrea: mark fuhrman, any concerns about vigilante justice in the days that followed 9/11, did you see some people targeted. is that a concern of law enforcement? now that the public has
what is this sense and what are you hearing about where we move next on this story? well, clearly, bill, they wouldn t be releasing any video or photos of potential suspects. if they didn t need the public s help. and finance likely that the fbi was trying to locate suspicious individuals on its own without involving the public for fear that if they did involve the public seeing the pictures on television would alert these suspects and that they would go into hiding. it may well be that they have had a tough time locating, tracking down these people. and clearly now, if they are releasing the images, then they do need the public s help. what s going to happen next, once this video and these photos are released is that they will be inundated with tips. some valid perhaps. many, perhaps, invalid or of no help to investigators but all of them have to be checked out what investigators will be facing now is a very very deep list of leads that have to be checked out you