Finally?

The first shock waves of the Hinrichs story seem to be hitting the media.

The Washington Times has an editorial called "Terror in the heartland?"

Norman itself is no stranger to Islamist activity. In 2000, Zacarias Moussaoui, the so-called 20th hijacker, took flying lessons at the city's flight school and attended a neighborhood mosque, which, according to NewsOK.com, is the same mosque that Mr. Hinrichs had been attending. There is some doubt about whether Mr. Hinrichs himself was a Muslim, though.

The FBI says that it has still no reason to believe Mr. Hinrichs was involved in a larger terrorist plot. Similarly, it has no information that suggests there is any additional threat to the OU-area. But in light of these frightening facts, the FBI mustn't rule anything out.

Not to be left out, the WaPo reports a story which has made the rounds in the blogosphere for two days -- that Hinrichs attempted to purchase ammonium nitrate.

Does this mean there's a real story? In the MSM?

Stay tuned.

UPDATE: The New York Times has a small blurb too -- buried here (in the "National Briefing" section, under the headline "Northwest, Rockies, Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, New England and Washington.")

(Wouldn't want anyone to miss the Midwest, would we?)

MORE: Dr. Rusty Shackleford (whom I thank for linking this post) has an excellent post on the issuance of what appears to be a sealed indictment. Excerpt:

An indictment is far different than a search warrant. An indictment would mean that arrests are forthcoming and that the FBI has discovered a criminal conspiracy since dead people can't be indicted.

Of course, it is entirely possible that Troester simply misworded his answer and that he meant to say warrant. But this also could be a strong indication that Hinrichs was in fact part of a larger Islamic terror cell and that his death was due to the premature explosion of his bomb.

Read it.

Warrant or indictment, both legal reasoning and simple logic dictate that you can't arrest or indict a corpse.

posted by Eric on 10.07.05 at 09:16 AM





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This kind of ostrich behavior is so weak and cowardly!

Jake   ·  October 7, 2005 11:20 AM


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