# F.B.I. all steamed up over DB Cooper case again. Wonder why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837 "2007-12-31T20:46:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/1 "2007-12-31T20:46:00Z")
The F.B.I. has held a new conference about the DB Cooper case. [http://www.newsdaily.com/Quirks/UPI-1-20071231-14181400-bc-us-dbcooper.xml](http://www.newsdaily.com/Quirks/UPI-1-20071231-14181400-bc-us-dbcooper.xml) > [@](#): > > The bureau said in a news release Monday it is releasing new information to the public, including sketches, saying “You can help.” > > “Would we still like to get our man? Absolutely,” the release said. “And we have reignited the case - thanks to a Seattle case agent named Larry Carr and new technologies like DNA testing.” :dubious: 😕 Something has excited a higher level of interest, perhaps? ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/2 "2007-12-31T21:00:51Z")
I’m pretty sure the Statute of Limitations has run on this case, so even if they solve it, they can’t prosecute anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2007, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/3 "2007-12-31T21:37:33Z")
Doesn’t a bit of the cash surface every once in a while? Maybe somebody just spent some. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/4 "2008-01-01T00:02:51Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] I’m pretty sure the Statute of Limitations has run on this case, so even if they solve it, they can’t prosecute anyone. [/QUOTE] What _is_ the SoL on bank robberies, and on hijackings for that matter? Both are federal crimes and I didn’t think the FBI had a statute of limitations on those capital charges. . . Tripler Oh, and BTW: I’m D.B. Cooper. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/5 "2008-01-01T00:18:36Z")
I am Sparticus. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/6 "2008-01-01T00:28:26Z")
From the horse’s mouth: [http://www.fbi.gov/page2/dec07/dbcooper123107.html](http://www.fbi.gov/page2/dec07/dbcooper123107.html) Note that it’s dated today. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/7 "2008-01-01T00:39:06Z")
[QUOTE=Wargamer] I’m pretty sure the Statute of Limitations has run on this case, so even if they solve it, they can’t prosecute anyone. [/QUOTE] If he’s been indicted, there’s apparently no Statute of Limitations on federal crimes. From [this link](http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE1D6153EF935A15754C0A96E948260) on a fugitive who was arrested in 1988 for a 1969 plane hijacking: “Because Ms. Grinage had already been indicted by a Federal grand jury, there was no statute of limitations on her arrest, officials said. The statute of limitations - five years for Federal crimes - only applies when no suspect has been indicted, they said.” ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/8 "2008-01-01T03:41:00Z")
Maybe he died already. [This article](http://nymag.com/news/features/39593/?imw=Y) in New York Magazine from October is very interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/9 "2008-01-01T04:33:56Z")
I think [this MPR story](http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2007/12/31/cooper/) has the gist of WHY this is happening now – a new agent assigned to the case, with a new strategy to pursue it. Probably the agent who had the file either died or retired. Nothing actually new, though apparently they have isolated some DNA that might exclude or convict a suspect should they find anyone to test. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/10 "2008-01-01T04:36:47Z")
And re indictment, and we really need a lawyer to answer this – how can they ignore the SoL when they essentially indicted a John Doe? It’s seems more like they indicted the crime rather than the suspect, since they don’t know who it is. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/11 "2008-01-01T04:46:39Z")
[QUOTE=A.R. Cane] From the horse’s mouth: [http://www.fbi.gov/page2/dec07/dbcooper123107.html](http://www.fbi.gov/page2/dec07/dbcooper123107.html) Note that it’s dated today. [/QUOTE] Anybody else think that picture looks like [Lee Harvey Oswald](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CE2892.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/12 "2008-01-01T04:55:53Z")
[QUOTE=Fear Itself] Anybody else think that picture looks like [Lee Harvey Oswald](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:CE2892.jpg)? [/QUOTE] I was thinking he looks a little like Nicholas Cage. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/13 "2008-01-01T17:27:23Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] And re indictment, and we really need a lawyer to answer this – how can they ignore the SoL when they essentially indicted a John Doe? It’s seems more like they indicted the crime rather than the suspect, since they don’t know who it is. [/QUOTE] IANAL but I’m thinking that since he called himself D.B. Cooper, then that’s sufficient for an indictment. Otherwise, if you wanted to escape punishment for a federal crime, all you’d have to do is adopt a psuedonym (or perhaps wear a mask hiding your identity) and then hide for 5 years. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/14 "2008-01-01T18:17:43Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] I was thinking he looks a little like Nicholas Cage. [/QUOTE] Is that why no one has seen him since then? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/15 "2008-01-01T18:38:48Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD] Is that why no one has seen him since then? 😉 [/QUOTE] I’m not one to believe in conspiracy theories or tell stories, but has anyone ever seen DB Cooper and Nicolas Cage together? I sure haven’t. 😉 Robin ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/16 "2008-01-01T19:40:34Z")
[QUOTE=MsRobyn] I’m not one to believe in conspiracy theories or tell stories, but has anyone ever seen DB Cooper and Nicolas Cage together? I sure haven’t. 😉 [/QUOTE] The hijacking was 36 years ago. Nicholas Cage will be 44 on January 7. Ahellofva makeup job I’d say. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/17 "2008-01-01T21:14:04Z")
[QUOTE=PunditLisa] I’m thinking that since he called himself D.B. Cooper [/QUOTE] Actually, he didn’t. From the article linked by **garygnu** : [Quote=Geoffrey Gray of New York magazine] He gave his name, Dan Cooper, and asked for a one-way ticket to Seattle, Flight 305. [/Quote] [Quote=Geoffrey Gray] The name, they soon found, was a fake. But Dan Cooper had already been immortalized as D.B. Cooper. The error happened when a reporter got the wrong first name from a police source and it hit the wires. [/Quote] ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/18 "2008-01-01T21:29:59Z")
As of december, "James “Whitey” Bulger has been missing for 13 years-he skipped down after being informed by a friendly FBI agent (John Connolly, now on trail for murder in Miami). Bulger was spotted in Sicily, the FBI 9oddly enough) doesn’t seem overly interested in finding him). Bulger has been implicated in 13 , and possibly as many as 23 murders :smack: ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/19 "2008-01-01T22:22:48Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] As of december, "James “Whitey” Bulger has been missing for 13 years-he skipped down after being informed by a friendly FBI agent (John Connolly, now on trail for murder in Miami). [/QUOTE] Am I the only one picturing Whitey skipping down the street? ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-b-i-all-steamed-up-over-db-cooper-case-again-wonder-why/431837/20 "2008-01-01T23:14:05Z")
[QUOTE=ralph124c] …Whitey …has been implicated in 13 , and possibly as many as 23 murders :smack: [/QUOTE] Gee, Mrs. Cleaver, I didn’t mean to kill all those guys. The were saying bad things about the Beav. 😛