Posted on 05/10/2013 7:55:05 AM PDT by mandaladon
Around the same time the nation was transfixed on the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers last month, thieves on the other side of the country pulled off a little-noticed heist -- swiping 559 pounds of explosives from a federal storage facility in Montana. As of Friday, not one ounce of it has been found. The incident, federal officials believe, was not terrorism-related. But it's the latest to raise security concerns in an age when authorities are warning about the desire of violence-bent terrorists to inflict mass casualties with bombs. Rep. Steve Daines, Montana's only congressman, told FoxNews.com he's "deeply concerned" about the theft in his state and will be "closely monitoring" the investigation. The explosives were stolen from a locked U.S. Forest Service bunker near Billings. Thieves took off with various emulsion-type explosives, cast boosters and detonating cord. Federal officials weren't able to point to why the explosives were taken and have downplayed what could happen if they fall into the wrong hands.
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Montana? Sound like the doings of them white supremacy folks out there.
Christian, white, NRA members...
Them crazy preppers...
I’m sure that it will turn out to be a white, Republican, Tea Party militia member wearing camo and ranting about tyranny.
Whatever—wherever, this bit of news is, to say the least, a bit disconcerting........
And the US Forest Service has explosives why?
“Montana? Sounds like the doings of them white supremacy folks..”
My bet is on the Hutterites. Sort of Amish but different. LOL!
The Forest Services uses explosives to help with clearing rock slides, trail construction and restoration, culvert removal and carcass disposal when public safety could conflict with bear activity, said Mariah Leuschen, a spokeswoman for the Custer and Gallatin national forests.
I would have guessed beavers...
It at least seems like they’re trying imply it might be.
“The incident, federal officials believe, was not terrorism-related.”
Yeah, sure. Just some farmer using it to blow-up tree stumps in a field.
The chemical supply house merchant walked out with me to record my license plate number.
Big brother is watching.
It is obvious that the perp was a YouTube video maker
DHS stole it to augment their arsenal of 1.6 billion rounds of ammo.
I was curious about what a “cast booster” was. It turns out that it is used a a primer for ANFO, Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil, based explosives.
Interesting, No?
Nah...just a reinforced division :-)
Yeah, a blasting cap does not have enough energy by itself to reliably set off ANFO. I got some strange looks for happening to know that off the top of my head after the OKC bombing.
*shrug* What can I say, I’m an idea sponge.
Road building contractor helping themselves to keep costs down.
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