Free Republic

BERLIN (September 8, 2002 4:01 p.m. EDT) - German authorities had suspicions nearly two months ago about a Turkish man suspected of plotting to bomb U.S. military bases in Germany, but bureaucratic procedures delayed his arrest until last week, a prosecutor said Sunday. A tip from U.S. security officials that a witness reported the suspect had chemicals at home reached German prosecutors in mid-July, but a judge put off questioning of the woman, scheduled for Aug. 13, because the summons could not be delivered on time, said Elke O'Donoghue, a prosecutor in the city of Stuttgart. When the witness was...