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116. In the words of the great DUer Alcibiades_Mystery:

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 03:12 AM

Dec 2012

There once was a Sec of Defense
Whose prose was Excessively Dense
His Philosopher's Stone
Was an Unknown Unknown -
I'll Be Damned If It Made Any Sense

From the dusty DU2 archives:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2642693

Scroll down on the page for more great Rumsfeld limericks. I'm particularly partial to the ones by Orrex and alcibiades_mystery.

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Why do you think Adam Lanza destroyed his computer? [View all] ck4829 Dec 2012 OP

Crazy is not stupid. Obviously there was something on it he wanted hidden. hobbit709 Dec 2012 #1

Did not want to leave a trail behind for people to pick apart ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #2

I see two possiblities RZM Dec 2012 #3

It seems that he actually opened the hard drive & destroyed the disks inside. godai Dec 2012 #4

They don't require that special of screw drivers Aerows Dec 2012 #9

Have you done this? I haven't. godai Dec 2012 #14

Not really Aerows Dec 2012 #19

We have them at home. lapislzi Dec 2012 #22

Exactly Aerows Dec 2012 #24

Yep. An uber-geek buddy of mine has a complete set hifiguy Dec 2012 #70

We have those screwdrivers too. Someone gave me a nice kit of specialty screwdrivers one Christmas. FSogol Dec 2012 #29

Many drives also require a certain tension for the screws. Dash87 Dec 2012 #35

That too Aerows Dec 2012 #41

I got one as part of a computer tool set... JHB Dec 2012 #82

I think that illustrates how detached from reality he was Aerows Dec 2012 #84

Yes I have and no, it isn't. sir pball Dec 2012 #120

Ashamed of what was left on a computer? BUT he shot his mother in the face 4 times, ywcachieve Dec 2012 #63

Might not be shame Aerows Dec 2012 #66

I mentioned ashamed because someone posted he might have destroyed ywcachieve Dec 2012 #76

I don't believe so Aerows Dec 2012 #77

Here's what I'm thinking with this: Initech Dec 2012 #117

Other news sites makes it sound more crude, like he just took a hammer to the tower ck4829 Dec 2012 #10

Everything is stored on the hard drive. godai Dec 2012 #15

A good single jack will do the job just fine. bemildred Dec 2012 #26

That's definitely the quickest way Aerows Dec 2012 #59

A good single jack will definitely open it up just fine too. bemildred Dec 2012 #65

That's what I'm saying Aerows Dec 2012 #69

I destroyed my old computers harddrive with a hammer, out on my patio, ywcachieve Dec 2012 #68

Not really a bad idea Aerows Dec 2012 #71

That's what I'm talking about, the direct approach, don't leave it to someone else. bemildred Dec 2012 #74

I need to do that to my old pc Catherine Vincent Dec 2012 #91

It is an energetic way to get rid of personal info. ywcachieve Dec 2012 #121

Yep, and it'll even remove the top without a screwdriver. Xithras Dec 2012 #97

I read somewhere that he was part of a LAN club, where members got together with their computers JaneyVee Dec 2012 #5

child porn? leftyohiolib Dec 2012 #6

way to speculate!nt Walk away Dec 2012 #7

Thanks. I'd rather have endless speculation than jumping to conclusions. ck4829 Dec 2012 #13

At least you are not casting asparagus! madinmaryland Dec 2012 #108

Did someone say asparagus? LiberalEsto Dec 2012 #118

Did he take a hammer to the harddrive? Rex Dec 2012 #8

I think that he actually opened it. godai Dec 2012 #11

Very hard to do, I did so myself once and it took Rex Dec 2012 #17

Not that hard Aerows Dec 2012 #21

No, this was just a test to see how hard it was to get into Rex Dec 2012 #30

Back your shit up Aerows Dec 2012 #52

NP I have access to a harddrive shredder. Rex Dec 2012 #102

So, that's likely what he did. Then demolished the disks inside. n/t godai Dec 2012 #50

Demolishing the platters once you get it open Aerows Dec 2012 #54

This article makes it sound like just that ck4829 Dec 2012 #12

Hiding information. Rex Dec 2012 #16

Screw driver is also mentioned in the article. n/t godai Dec 2012 #18

Yes, I had read that. I would think they had found arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #60

I've always been told to only way to really be sure no one has access to your private data from a HD Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #20

Reformatting is NOT useless, especially if it's a low level format. EOTE Dec 2012 #44

True, but that takes a lot of time. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #61

With most hard drives it can be done in under an hour. EOTE Dec 2012 #79

I've never heard of the microwave method. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #85

With a tool such as CCleaner you can actually wipe your hard drive pretty clean. redgreenandblue Dec 2012 #81

I use DBAN. It's a little slow, but it's free, easy, and solidly reliable. Xithras Dec 2012 #98

where did he learn "jungle taping"? riverwalker Dec 2012 #23

Yes, this is present in games. DireStrike Dec 2012 #28

Internet, movies, video games, TVEE. Rex Dec 2012 #33

He may have been to talking to someone ck4829 Dec 2012 #34

It's also talked about on gun forums. Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #37

He'd been to the gun range quite a bit, that's the sort of thing that gets discussed there Fumesucker Dec 2012 #40

With a gun that was locked in his trunk too. allrevvedup Dec 2012 #56

it doesn't really seem that complicated.. frylock Dec 2012 #78

Firing a gun that was locked in a trunk seems complicated. allrevvedup Dec 2012 #99

the Bushmaster was with him in the school riverwalker Dec 2012 #104

"A .223 Bushmaster rifle was found in his car." allrevvedup Dec 2012 #107

Maybe he didn't want his beliefs/lifestyle associated with a massacre. DireStrike Dec 2012 #25

The easy answer loyalsister Dec 2012 #27

You are right. It could have been as simple as that ck4829 Dec 2012 #39

This seems to be most likely the case gollygee Dec 2012 #80

he hates windows. spanone Dec 2012 #31

In that case-wouldn't he have LINUX or MAC? TexasProgresive Dec 2012 #45

Habit is my guess, "no footprints" gets to be a habit. bemildred Dec 2012 #32

Because he didn't have a girlfriend to kill? Tom Ripley Dec 2012 #36

Conspiracy theories abound. dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #38

I Like The Theory That His Mother Smashed His Computer..... global1 Dec 2012 #42

I don't know what you've heard of Nancy Lanza's state before this all happened ck4829 Dec 2012 #46

And *maybe* the computers were not recently smashed.. it could LeftinOH Dec 2012 #64

Perhaps just another way to kill "himself" librechik Dec 2012 #43

This could also be from delusions. Dash87 Dec 2012 #47

As with everything else here, possible. ck4829 Dec 2012 #48

Definitely a possibility melissaf Dec 2012 #51

Highly likely Aerows Dec 2012 #55

Several possibilities. HooptieWagon Dec 2012 #49

Covering up his participation in right-wing political organizations. n/t ellisonz Dec 2012 #53

yep libodem Dec 2012 #57

He's clearly highly intelligent... ellisonz Dec 2012 #58

I'm sure Faux has a dog in this race, too libodem Dec 2012 #94

Can his ISP retrieve his internet postings? Just been wondering about that. Little Star Dec 2012 #72

Probably not ellisonz Dec 2012 #73

Thanks Little Star Dec 2012 #75

Planning and forethought. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #62

It's one thing to murder 26 people in cold blood but another to have the world WI_DEM Dec 2012 #67

to your fourth point demokatgurrl Dec 2012 #83

I don't care. I honestly do not care. There is no "motive" for what he did Chorophyll Dec 2012 #86

Possibly to erase all traces of his mother trying to commit him to a mental facility. JimDandy Dec 2012 #87

There is no evidence his mother was trying ot commit him to a mental facility. LisaL Dec 2012 #88

My info was from a HuffPost article that now has an update: JimDandy Dec 2012 #92

It's akin to burning a diary I suppose. no_hypocrisy Dec 2012 #89

I wonder kwolf68 Dec 2012 #90

Windows 7 cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #93

He probably did it to hide his contacts with other people and groups online. FarCenter Dec 2012 #95

If his Mother did it she would probably have just smashed the computer. But the person Auntie Bush Dec 2012 #96

I have seen it before, Sen. Walter Sobchak Dec 2012 #100

There is info out there that his father & the father of..... MzShellG Dec 2012 #101

How do you connect those dots? morningfog Dec 2012 #103

Yes, the info out there.... Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #106

We don't know that for a fact..... MzShellG Dec 2012 #109

There are known knowns. Brother Buzz Dec 2012 #110

In the words of the great DUer Alcibiades_Mystery: coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #116

Ok, Brother Buzz...... MzShellG Dec 2012 #119

To destroy information he wanted no one to know. Dawson Leery Dec 2012 #105

Windows 8 jsr Dec 2012 #111

Really? Initech Dec 2012 #115

In his mind, the less people knew about him, the better... cynatnite Dec 2012 #112

Plans or journals I'd say Fearless Dec 2012 #113

I'm really wondering what the link between his computer and his mom is. Initech Dec 2012 #114