# It was Art Thieves

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-art-thieves/653307>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [March 18, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-art-thieves/653307 "2013-03-18T22:45:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![KermitTheFrig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/47e85d/32.png) [@KermitTheFrig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KermitTheFrig)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-art-thieves/653307/1 "2013-03-18T22:45:36Z")

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FBI announces a big break in the 1990 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft.

[It was Art Thieves!](http://artery.wbur.org/2013/03/18/fbi-campaign-gardner-museum-heist?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=FBWBUR306).

Now they just have to find the stolen pieces. . .

(Wrong forum, please move.)

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-art-thieves/653307/2 "2013-03-18T22:50:53Z")

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To clarify, the FBI announced that they _know who the thieves are._ Not just that 23 years of crack investigative research indicates that a bunch of art was stolen by… people who steal art.

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**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2013, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-art-thieves/653307/3 "2013-03-18T22:58:01Z")

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Yeah. that’s just a bad article. The FBI in their news conference said they know the names of the thieves but that releasing the names will hinder the investigation. The statute of limitations has lapsed and a promise of anonymity is probably the price the FBI is paying for their assistance in locating the stolen art.

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-art-thieves/653307/4 "2013-03-19T00:04:59Z")

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FBI announces “New Pope Catholic! Bears’ toilet habits still under investigation…”

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**Author:** ![Toucanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Toucanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toucanna)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-art-thieves/653307/5 "2013-03-19T02:46:35Z")

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[QUOTE=LawMonkey]  
FBI announces “New Pope Catholic! Bears’ toilet habits still under investigation…”  
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Way to threadshit, dude…  
I kid! I kid! 😃

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**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-was-art-thieves/653307/6 "2013-03-19T18:47:40Z")

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I was just at the Gardner museum this weekend - my daughter is doing a project on Isabella Stewart Gardner and the museum. It would be the epitome of awesome if they recovered the paintings before she presents her project.

There was an article in the Boston Globe a few weeks ago about the robbery, and the fact that the guard who let the thieves in is still a suspect/person of interest. Maybe he finally worked out an immunity deal or reward in exchange for the names.