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Why Aren't We Safer?
Five years later, ABC News examines the question of how much safer we are after the attacks of September 11, 2001. The report mentioned how easy it remains to acquire ammonium nitrate fertilizer, which is used in explosive devices. The investigation found that customers paying cash can get the substance at local agricultural supply stores and "move it to a storage warehouse a few miles from the White House, undetected."
Tags: September 11, 2001; terrorism; ammonium nitrate; fertilizer bombs; improvised explosive devices
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The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror
The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror says that the bombing was an FBI/ATF joint sting operation that went horribly wrong and was subsequently the subject of a cover-up. Based on interviews with ex-Green Berets and explosive experts, the author says that the Murrah Federal Building could not have been destroyed with a fertilizer bomb parked out in the street.
Tags: BOOK; cover-up; conspiracy; FOI
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A CNN investigation found that chief Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh for years used aliases that match with names central to the investigation of the bombing. CNN was able to link McVeigh to the aliases used to rent the truck used in the bombing, and to a rented storage space believed to have housed the ammonium nirtate fertilizer used to make the bomb. (Aug. 2, 1995)
Tags: Bracken CAR McVeigh aliases Contest entry Militia 7 pgs.