The Discerning Texan
All that is necessary for evil to triumph, is for good men to do nothing.
-- Edmund Burke
-- Edmund Burke
Friday, October 07, 2005
UPDATED: OU Bombing unanswered questions finally receive attention on a National netowok (Fox)
Just saw a Fox News interview with Heritage Foundation member and fellow blogger Mark Tapscott--to whom who we have linked to in our coverage this week--to the effect that a bombing that was presented to the public as a mere suicide at the University of Oklahoma last Saturday night instead appears to have been a bungled part of a larger Islamist-related plot.
It is heartening to see that at least one major network--arguably the "conscience" of the MSM-- is choosing to explore this story in more detailon this story (Fox); but where is everyone else? Is an attempted terrorist attack on American soil no longer as newsworthy as Nancy Pelosi's daily slander against a principled President? Or is the media afraid that such a revelation might increase support for fighting the terrorists in their backyard rather than ours.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has other details that have come out today:
WND's Jayna Davis and Jon Dougherty report on the Justice Department's move to seal the search warrant in the Hinrichs case:
The warrant used to execute a search of Oklahoma University bomber Joel "Henry" Hinrichs III's apartment, where an undetermined amount of explosives were found, has been sealed by a federal court at the request of the Justice Department.
Hinrichs blew himself up yards from Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Saturday night while tens of thousands of fans watched an OU-Kansas State football game.
Bob Troester, first assistance U.S. attorney in Oklahoma City, said the department requested the warrant be sealed, but declined to elaborate when asked why it was necessary to do so given previous media reports that a depressed Hinrichs acted alone and on a whim.
"You can draw whatever assumption you like," he said. "We don't comment on any sealed indictments."
Troester also said he could not divulge details about what items were found inside Hinrichs' home, and he could not say if or when the warrant would be unsealed at some point in the future.
The attorney did confirm the incident was still "currently being investigated," but again declined to provide any specifics.
If this was merely a troubled student committing suicide (who had WAY more explosives found in his apartment than would be needed to do so, why would he try to buy a large quantity of ammonium nitrate (the material used in the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing). What of the reports that Hinrich was a Muslim convert, whose roommates were from Pakistan. And if this was only a suicide as is the "illusion" currently being perpetuated for the public, why in the world would the DOJ seal the search warrant??
I do not think they are going to be able to keep the lid on this for long. It is understandable if secrecy is needed to possibly apprehend individuals who otherwise might feel they are "in the clear". But the fact that an attempted bombing in the US, by who may well have been a "home-grown" Jihadist, is big news--and if we are to win this war on Islamist terror, the country has a right to know that the murderers are still trying to attack us.
It is heartening to see that at least one major network--arguably the "conscience" of the MSM-- is choosing to explore this story in more detailon this story (Fox); but where is everyone else? Is an attempted terrorist attack on American soil no longer as newsworthy as Nancy Pelosi's daily slander against a principled President? Or is the media afraid that such a revelation might increase support for fighting the terrorists in their backyard rather than ours.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin has other details that have come out today:
WND's Jayna Davis and Jon Dougherty report on the Justice Department's move to seal the search warrant in the Hinrichs case:
The warrant used to execute a search of Oklahoma University bomber Joel "Henry" Hinrichs III's apartment, where an undetermined amount of explosives were found, has been sealed by a federal court at the request of the Justice Department.
Hinrichs blew himself up yards from Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Saturday night while tens of thousands of fans watched an OU-Kansas State football game.
Bob Troester, first assistance U.S. attorney in Oklahoma City, said the department requested the warrant be sealed, but declined to elaborate when asked why it was necessary to do so given previous media reports that a depressed Hinrichs acted alone and on a whim.
"You can draw whatever assumption you like," he said. "We don't comment on any sealed indictments."
Troester also said he could not divulge details about what items were found inside Hinrichs' home, and he could not say if or when the warrant would be unsealed at some point in the future.
The attorney did confirm the incident was still "currently being investigated," but again declined to provide any specifics.
If this was merely a troubled student committing suicide (who had WAY more explosives found in his apartment than would be needed to do so, why would he try to buy a large quantity of ammonium nitrate (the material used in the Oklahoma City Federal Building bombing). What of the reports that Hinrich was a Muslim convert, whose roommates were from Pakistan. And if this was only a suicide as is the "illusion" currently being perpetuated for the public, why in the world would the DOJ seal the search warrant??
I do not think they are going to be able to keep the lid on this for long. It is understandable if secrecy is needed to possibly apprehend individuals who otherwise might feel they are "in the clear". But the fact that an attempted bombing in the US, by who may well have been a "home-grown" Jihadist, is big news--and if we are to win this war on Islamist terror, the country has a right to know that the murderers are still trying to attack us.
