[MizSterious]

Much is NOT being told here, such as this fellow's contacts with the Islamic Society (mere blocks from where he lived, and from OU) and his Islamic roommate (Pakistani, if memory serves) who had a one-way ticket to a middle-eastern country.

[wolfcreek]

The conclusions to stories like these reduce the Freedom of Information Act to a pile of BS.

[Dante3]

Interesting. A coverup?

[krunkygirl]

The US still pretending that what is happening isn't happening!

[Moonman62]

Hernandez spoke about the investigation to the media for the first time last week as he prepares to end his two-year stint in Oklahoma. He has been promoted to a new position with the FBI in Washington.

Toe the line and get your reward I wonder.

[Moonman62]

FBI agents interviewed some witnesses who live in Europe and had dealt with Hinrichs on eBay, the Internet auction site.

I would like to know their names. First names will do.

[csvset]

"We don't consider this terrorism the way we define it,"

Caca.

Just a plain ol' vanilla loser that makes a bomb and wanders around outside the stadium, looking for a place to detonate.

Yep. Happens all of the time. /s

[Minutemen]

Nothing to worry about folks. College kids just blow up all the time.

[monkapotamus]

"We have no evidence he had a social or political agenda that he was trying to bring attention to,"

Translation: they deleted/destroyed it all.

[Washi]

"We don't consider this terrorism the way we define it," he said.

What a bunch of BS. Little attention was paid to the fact that this kid wore a green vest (a-la palestine) everywhere he went. This was a sorry attempt at terrorism by a nerdy, brain-washed, American loser.

[Rte66]

Hi - this is just a small "heads up" for something developing here in Houston - actually, in Texas City, just south of Houston.

Yesterday, an apartment complex had an explosion that blew out one apartment, killing one person and hurting another. Didn't seem to get much coverage or attention. I kind of figured it was a meth lab, because there wasn't any explanation given. The FBI was involved, but that wasn't unusual.

Well, seems today the residents of the complex, a fairly large one, are not being let back into their apartments as they had anticipated.

Turns out, the FBI and other LE agencies (not sure which) had to process for evidence some highly volatile chemicals that they were afraid to transport, and which they had to detonate onsite.

Now they have barricaded the first-floor apartment with trucks, so no one can see what is happening. The FBI is going to have a press conference within the hour. I may not know the details from that until our afternoon news - approx 4.5 hours from now.

This has all the earmarks of being similar to Hinrichs' concoction, but I don't know that for sure. Will pass along any further info.

Here's the brief HouChron story snip:

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July 20, 2006, 9:28AM
Officials probe cause of Texas City blast that killed 1

Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle

Officials were not yet releasing the identity today of a person killed Wednesday afternoon in a Texas City apartment explosion.

Texas City Sgt. Brian Goetschius said this morning that police have not been told what experts think the material responsible for the 3 p.m. blast might be.

He said local and federal officials were meeting today to decide how to clear the apartment of any remaining explosives.

The blast happened at the Lakeview Apartments in the 8000 block of the Emmett F. Lowry Expressway.

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And a snip from an AP story:

" ... Authorities recovered explosive materials at the scene, but say they don't believe terrorism was involved.

Law officers want to interview the survivor. He was treated for burns and released from a hospital.

Authorities say at least two nearby apartment units also were damaged. ... "
~~~~~

Add'l update: Bomb Squad of HouPD is onsite now - TV is showing helicopter overhead shots - the trucks are dump trucks with their back compartments raised, with the back of the trucks in front the apartment in question. It is believed they will be detonating now. The bomb squad has pushed everyone back to clear a 2-mile perimeter (!!). The same dump trucks had been used to transport some of the evidence found previously. Presser is at 3PM CentralDT.

TV said it's streaming the helo shot live at http://www.abc13.com

I don't have a player on this PC, so can't verify it.

[txhurl]

bttt, thanks, well he took shrapneled ordnance to a game to explode. So we'll call him a mass-murderist if that's how the FBI wants it.

[dmw]

If the FBI says so, then it must be so. Bullllllllllllllllllllloney!

[El Gato]

Hinrichs apparently was carrying the TATP around in a plastic container and could have accidentally set the volatile bomb off by simply opening the container.

It's true he could set it off by opening the container. However, given that the sound was easily heard inside a packed stadium (By hearwitness FReeper PhiKapMom!) means that it would have had to be a pretty large container.

Then there was all the other bomb making material found in his apartment. PhiKapMom also heard the detonation of that by the bomb squad, despite the bomb squads facility being some distance from her home. The stuff stinks too, I'd think that not only his roommate, but the neighbors in the nearby apartments would have smelled the stuff. By all reports most of the them were Muslims though, so maybe they didn't find the stench unusual, just somebody building a bomb.

[zeaal]

Key sentence: "We don't consider this terrorism the way we define it," he said.