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Federal Courthouse Hit by Pipe Bomb (Ayers Unavailable for Comment)
 Hmmmmmm. Wonder what interesting trial is going on there right now?A pipe bomb or series of pipe bombs exploded at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Courthouse downtown early Sunday morning, sending shrapnel into a courtyard and to the eighth floor of a building across the street. Two guards with the Federal Protective Service, who were inside the building, called authorities when they heard the explosion at 1:40 a.m. on Front Street near Broadway. The guards were not injured. But they could have been had they been passing by the door at the time, something the bomber(s) must have been quite aware of. This scenario sounds vaguely familiar - I just can't quite put my finger on it.... Firefighters, police, FBI and Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents arrived minutes later to find the front entrance and the lobby of the building damaged. The cause is believed to have been a bomb or bombs that detonated at once and caused a single explosion, said Keith Slotter, FBI special agent in charge of San Diego. The damage from the shrapnel didn't stay concentrated just in front of the door, Slotter said. One piece of shrapnel lodged in a window about eight stories up the AT&T building that faces the courthouse. So the bomber(s) didn't give a shit if somebody not connected with the courthouse got injured or killed. Color me shocked. Authorities believe the device or devices were left outside the building's front door shortly before being detonated. Slotter said there are cameras outside the building that may provide information. There are no cameras that directly face the doorway, he said. But that will be changed on Monday, as we close the barn door.... Authorities were still deciding whether or not the courthouse will be open to the public Monday. They expected to make a decision late Sunday. Investigators said Front Street, between Broadway and F Street, would be closed until at least noon Sunday while they collect evidence. That evidence will be sent to an FBI laboratory in Virginia, where bomb experts will analyze it, Slotter said. At the time of the explosion, there were not many people walking by the building, which is at least a block from nightclubs in the Gaslamp Quarter. Slotter said there were vehicles passing by when the explosion occurred, but no reports of injuries. Dumb-shit luck, that. Probably some soiled undies, though. Anybody know where Bill and Bernardine were? Maybe someone should ask Obamalamadingdong.... Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2008-05-04 |
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