If they were willing to associate the OK City bombing with guns where none existed I'm sure they will be more than willing to associate this clown also.
Suspected Bomb-Maker Nabbed
A man carrying Canadian identification papers in two different names was arrested at the border after U.S. Customs
Service agents found bomb-making materials in his rented car.
The man had tried to flee customs agents after he got off a ferry from Victoria, British Columbia, late Tuesday but was
captured a few blocks away.
Agents said they found garbage bags containing 200 pounds of mysterious white powder and four timing devices in his
vehicle. A federal source says the chemicals were powdered nitroglycerin and urea -- bomb-making ingredients.
The FBI has taken over the investigation of the driver. He's now being held in a federal detention center at SeaTac. He
was being held under the name Benni Antonio Noris and is described as a 28-year-old white male, said center spokesman
Lawrence Tubbs.
Federal officials suspect the man may be part of a larger organization, and others may have already entered the
country, The Seattle Times reported today.
"This could be a big-time story," said Rodney Tureaud, special agent in charge of the Customs Service in Seattle. The
man could face smuggling charges, as well as charges he gave false information at the border, Tureaud said.
The man has refused to answer authorities' questions. A hearing in federal court has not yet been scheduled.
Noris had booked a room at a motel in the north end of downtown Seattle, the Times reported, citing law-enforcement
officials. The motel is just blocks from the Seattle Center, where the city has scheduled its huge millennial New Year's
Eve celebration.
"Obviously, it's an inference you can draw," the Times quoted an unidentified federal source as saying.
Other potential targets haven't been ruled out, a law-enforcement source said. The man was carrying maps and tourist
brochures for Washington, Oregon and California, sources told the Times.
The man was arrested when he tried to outrun customs agents after arriving aboard the ferry Coho at Port Angeles, on
the Olympic Peninsula about 60 miles northwest of Seattle.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are assisting with the case.
The timing of his arrival -- shortly before the millennial New Year's Eve "is very interesting," ATF agent and spokesman
Jesse Chester said. "It raises a lot of questions in a lot of our minds as far as motive."
The man was carrying two Canadian driver's licenses, each in a different name, and a Canadian passport.
He claimed to be Canadian, "but my suspicion is we may be dealing with an impostor," said Keith Miller, assistant
U.S. Border Patrol chief in Blaine.
One of the addresses was in Montreal -- the man is French-speaking, and authorities summoned a French translator to
talk with him.
Tureaud said the man is believed to have been living in the Vancouver, British Columbia, area for at least a month.
The man tried to clear Customs at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The powder found in the car was taken to a federal lab for analysis.
FBI Agent Ray Lauer, the spokesman for that agency's Seattle office, said speculation about bomb making and terrorism
was premature. But Chester said the incident is "of great concern" to the ATF.
"We don't know what his motivation is and we haven't yet identified the chemicals," Chester said. "But he did
have what may be detonators and it's enough to make you wonder. This has all the indicators."
The timing devices each consisted of a circuit-type board with a small electronic watch in the center, said Michael
Baker, the customs agent in charge of the Port Angeles entry point.
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Gun Control: The proposition that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own panty hose, is more acceptable than allowing that same woman to defend herself with a firearm.
Suspected Bomb-Maker Nabbed
A man carrying Canadian identification papers in two different names was arrested at the border after U.S. Customs
Service agents found bomb-making materials in his rented car.
The man had tried to flee customs agents after he got off a ferry from Victoria, British Columbia, late Tuesday but was
captured a few blocks away.
Agents said they found garbage bags containing 200 pounds of mysterious white powder and four timing devices in his
vehicle. A federal source says the chemicals were powdered nitroglycerin and urea -- bomb-making ingredients.
The FBI has taken over the investigation of the driver. He's now being held in a federal detention center at SeaTac. He
was being held under the name Benni Antonio Noris and is described as a 28-year-old white male, said center spokesman
Lawrence Tubbs.
Federal officials suspect the man may be part of a larger organization, and others may have already entered the
country, The Seattle Times reported today.
"This could be a big-time story," said Rodney Tureaud, special agent in charge of the Customs Service in Seattle. The
man could face smuggling charges, as well as charges he gave false information at the border, Tureaud said.
The man has refused to answer authorities' questions. A hearing in federal court has not yet been scheduled.
Noris had booked a room at a motel in the north end of downtown Seattle, the Times reported, citing law-enforcement
officials. The motel is just blocks from the Seattle Center, where the city has scheduled its huge millennial New Year's
Eve celebration.
"Obviously, it's an inference you can draw," the Times quoted an unidentified federal source as saying.
Other potential targets haven't been ruled out, a law-enforcement source said. The man was carrying maps and tourist
brochures for Washington, Oregon and California, sources told the Times.
The man was arrested when he tried to outrun customs agents after arriving aboard the ferry Coho at Port Angeles, on
the Olympic Peninsula about 60 miles northwest of Seattle.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are assisting with the case.
The timing of his arrival -- shortly before the millennial New Year's Eve "is very interesting," ATF agent and spokesman
Jesse Chester said. "It raises a lot of questions in a lot of our minds as far as motive."
The man was carrying two Canadian driver's licenses, each in a different name, and a Canadian passport.
He claimed to be Canadian, "but my suspicion is we may be dealing with an impostor," said Keith Miller, assistant
U.S. Border Patrol chief in Blaine.
One of the addresses was in Montreal -- the man is French-speaking, and authorities summoned a French translator to
talk with him.
Tureaud said the man is believed to have been living in the Vancouver, British Columbia, area for at least a month.
The man tried to clear Customs at 6 p.m. Tuesday. The powder found in the car was taken to a federal lab for analysis.
FBI Agent Ray Lauer, the spokesman for that agency's Seattle office, said speculation about bomb making and terrorism
was premature. But Chester said the incident is "of great concern" to the ATF.
"We don't know what his motivation is and we haven't yet identified the chemicals," Chester said. "But he did
have what may be detonators and it's enough to make you wonder. This has all the indicators."
The timing devices each consisted of a circuit-type board with a small electronic watch in the center, said Michael
Baker, the customs agent in charge of the Port Angeles entry point.
SOURCES: ©1999 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Gun Control: The proposition that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her own panty hose, is more acceptable than allowing that same woman to defend herself with a firearm.