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(56,582 posts) Fri May 10, 2013, 11:50 AM May 2013

They're not saying if this is related to the plant explosion.

http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/22216539/west-emt-arrested-destructive-device

(Yes, I know. Local Fox affiliates usually have decent reporting.)

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West, TX, EMT arrested by ATF for explosives (Original Post) Recursion May 2013 OP

Federal investigators . . . nope, don't believe in coincidences. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #1

There's that Recursion May 2013 #2

has to be a pretty serious device to get dragged into federal court. geek tragedy May 2013 #3

Texas (Gov. Perry) is under fire for a lack of industrial regulation... Junkdrawer May 2013 #5

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1. Federal investigators . . . nope, don't believe in coincidences. nt

Fri May 10, 2013, 11:51 AM

May 2013

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2. There's that

Fri May 10, 2013, 11:52 AM

May 2013

OTOH if the ATF descended en masse after the explosion, they may have stumbled across unrelated stuff. Just sticking a bookmark here, notionally.

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3. has to be a pretty serious device to get dragged into federal court.

Fri May 10, 2013, 11:54 AM

May 2013

they don't do that for firecrackers

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4. Exactly. If he didn't do the factory, he was going to do something else

Fri May 10, 2013, 11:55 AM

May 2013

Like I said, just putting a thumb between the pages here...

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5. Texas (Gov. Perry) is under fire for a lack of industrial regulation...

Fri May 10, 2013, 11:58 AM

May 2013

I'm sure a sabotage finding would go down real nice from their point of view.