U.S. Uncovers Weapons of Mass Destruction, Not in Iraq But in Texas

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& the National Media Ignores The Story

(Mods - I looked for this story, couldn't find it. It's from Dec. 5th so I put it here. I posted it because I think it's important.)

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/12/05/162231#transcript

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AMY GOODMAN: We are joined by Robert Riggs, the chief investigative reporter for Dallas TV station CBS 11, and Brit Firestone, who is Assistant US Attorney in Texas and professor Robert Jensen, at the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin.

Let's start with Robert Riggs. Tell us the story.

ROBERT RIGGS: Amy, this is a story that law enforcement officials just accidentally stumbled on because a package of counterfeit documents was delivered to the wrong address. And the recipient up in Staten Island, Long Island, suddenly found confidential -- what appeared to be confidential documents for the U.N. and for the Defense Intelligence Agency and called the police.


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There was -- numerous recipes for making different types of chemical weapons, but he actually had the capacity to make a sodium cyanide gas explosive device. He had all of the component parts there as well as the recipe. It was essentially ready to go, if he had chosen to detonate it, or sell it to someone.

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ROBERT JENSEN: Well there in fact Was virtually no media coverage; a couple of wire stories which at best ran as a brief until the CBS 11 story. Other than that, unless you live in Tyler and read the Morning Telegraph there, you’re likely to have not heard of this.

I think your point about the way in which the Justice Department can highlight some criminal activities, indictments, and investigations and ignore others -- is very clear here.

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Two things: It seems to me that the dangerous nutcases don't come out of Iraq, they come out of Texas (This guy and GWB). Second, ain't it grand that Asscroft and the boys are investigating peaceful protesters when you got nuts out there running around like this. And they found him by ACCIDENT.

I hope this isn't a dupe, I couldn't find it and I didn't see it all weekend. Delete if it is.

[Rich Hunt]

1. good to see someone else found this

I was just alerted to this story today.

Here is another story on it from a couple of weeks ago, from Texas:

http://cbs11tv.com/investigations/local_story_330180036.html

Federal authorities this year mounted one of the most extensive investigations of domestic terrorism since the Oklahoma City bombing, CBS 11 has learned.

Three people linked to white supremacist and anti-government groups are in custody. At least one weapon of mass destruction - a sodium cyanide bomb capable of delivering a deadly gas cloud - has been seized in the Tyler area.

Investigators have seized at least 100 other bombs, bomb components, machine guns, 500,000 rounds of ammunition and chemical agents. But the government also found some chilling personal documents indicating that unknown co-conspirators may still be free to carry out what appeared to be an advanced plot. And, authorities familiar with the case say more potentially deadly cyanide bombs may be in circulation.