After a lengthy battle to crack into Thomas Crook’s cellphone, the good news is that the FBI has now also gotten into his laptop and the rest of his files. The bad news is that they claim to have come up with nothing more than they found on the phone. Nothing in the shooter’s digital footprint at this point suggests that the assassination attempt had been planned in concert with anyone else or that it was even on his mind. Interviews have been conducted with more than 100 people who knew him in high school or at the community college he attended. Many described him as an odd, reclusive, quiet person with only a few friends, but none said that he struck them as being particularly dangerous. Of course, we’re still relying on the FBI for all of this information. (ABC News)
After three days, an enigmatic portrait emerged of the 20-year-old man who came close to killing former President…
