No terror ties found so far in bomb case (Norman bombing)

NewsOK.com ^ | October 5, 2005 | Nolan Clay and Randy Ellis

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NORMAN - The FBI has found no evidence so far that a University of Oklahoma student who died in a bombing Saturday night tried to get inside the football stadium or had ties to any terrorist organization, officials said Tuesday.

The FBI also has found no evidence anyone else was involved, officials said. Still, OU plans to tighten security at upcoming football games. Fans can expect bags and purses to be checked more closely.

“They should come a little earlier,” OU President David Boren said. “Be patient with us - know it’s only for their safety that we’re being very, very thorough.”

Fans also will not be allowed to leave at the half on passes and return.

Joel “Joe” Henry Hinrichs III is believed to have died in an explosion about 7:30 p.m. Saturday on a campus bench about 100 yards from the packed Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Investigators are treating the death as a suicide.

OU was playing Kansas State before more than 80,000 fans. The game was in the second quarter. The blast could be heard inside the stadium.

Explosives later were removed from the student’s university-owned apartment.

The FBI continues to investigate. One agent re-interviewed the student’s father Tuesday in Colorado Springs, Colo.

Hinrichs, 21, was a junior majoring in engineering. He has been described by his family and the university as a loner with emotional difficulties. He dropped out in 2003-2004 but returned.

The FBI has reviewed surveillance tapes, interviewed acquaintances and checked Hinrichs’ purchases.

The FBI also looked at possible ties to Islamic groups after learning Hinrichs’ roommate is from Pakistan, attended a nearby mosque and worked for the OU athletics department, The Oklahoman has learned.

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No terror ties found so far in bomb case (Norman bombing)

What about the Jihadi material that was found. Are we all supposed to have amnesia? They need to bee held accountable for their outright lying cover up.

[hershey]

Let's see, Flight 800 over Long Island Sound, the plane that came down a few days after 9/11 in the neighborhood where some NY firefighters lived. Nothing worrisome, go buy a refrigerator.

[weegee]

Well Dan Rather had to go on Letterman and cry so that they could ask "is it too soon to laugh"?

Back to the same old BS. Lull the sheep back to sleep.

[weegee]

But Tom DeLay is under INDICTMENT!!! < /sarcasm >

[pepperdog]

Quite a list isn't it?

[weegee]

And there are more.

Dead microbiologists, threatened forensic scientists, etc.

[de Buillion]

"I think they have to be... especially since they haven't had time to finish their investigation. "

I agree that this is very possible- however, I've not been especially keen on the abilities of the FBI, since Ruby Ridge, Waco, The M.E. flight school students that were suspected in AZ(?) and reported to HQ, who were interested in steering the plane but unconcerned about landing, and a similar story in MI I believe, both cases ignored by Washington. Some of these headquarters troops are a few turnips short of a truckload if you ask me.

[laz]

I went to the site and it is guess what, gone, vanished.

That's why I posted about it, to point out it had been taken down. By the time I first got there, his home page was already gone. There was no content to post here.

[LaineyDee]

I agree that nothing is perfect... and there has been a CYA going on for years ....to protect "certain" people... but they still have to methodically investigate, according to protocol...and that takes time.... We've become an "instant gratification society"... which causes alot of conflict. :)

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the clarification.

With about 4 years of watching left wing and Jihadist sites erase stuff and sometimes eliminate the site, we have to assume this will happen.

So when we see something of value or potential value at one of these sites, we must copy and paste that data to FR to preserve it.

Thanks again.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for the clarification.

With about 4 years of watching left wing and Jihadist sites erase stuff and sometimes eliminate the site, we have to assume this will happen.

So when we see something of value or potential value at one of these sites, we must copy and paste that data to FR to preserve it.

Thanks again.

[NYCynic]

If you remember the address you can also try www.archive.org

They don't always have every site. And it takes 6-9 months for something to be archived. In other words they are up to Late 2004-Early 2005.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks