Today the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATF or simply ATF) in Houston announced that their agents had finally determined that the fire at a West, Texas fertilizer factory had been deliberately set. This fire led to the horrendous explosion that devastated that town and killed at least fifteen people, injured many others, and destroyed billions of dollars worth of property. Deliberately set? Really? And it only took the ATF and other federal soup agencies THREE YEARS to reach this conclusion! I think a lot of people were way ahead of the government on this one. I really do.
The VERY DAY of the blast, a certain firefighter (who was since arrested for possession of BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS) stated over the radio to emergency dispatchers that a BOMB had just exploded at the fertilizer plant. How could this volunteer firefighter have POSSIBLY KNOWN that a bomb had just exploded? Fertilizer explosions NOT DUE to bombs are fairly frequent. This person could only have known a bomb had exploded if he HIMSELF placed the bomb or knew who placed it. This radio call was played several times immediately after the explosion but then seemed to have disappeared from TV news land.
Today, three years later, the ATF is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person responsible for this act of arson. Does this infer that the federal agencies have somehow botched the investigation? Does this mean that the ATF believes the West volunteer firefighter, arrested within days for possession of bomb-making materials, WAS NOT responsible for this cowardly act? I think the people of West deserve much better. I believe that the ATF and/or other federal agencies, who pushed local law enforcement to the side, may have in fact botched their investigation and possibly allowed a man to walk away from the most deadly and costly crime in West's history.
Many people lost friends and loved ones that day in April, 2013. I am sure that the shock must have numbed the people there, possibly making it unthinkable that one of their own firefighters set off the explosion. But the many federal agents who converged on the city were not emotionally involved, and should have been thinking of all causes, both accidental and intentional. I am sure that a certain man was suspected immediately of this criminal act. Why was he not charged with THIS crime, not just possession of bomb-making materials? Now, after THREE YEARS of investigation, the "Bureau" is begging for information and offering a large reward for this information. Justice thwarted by incompetency?
I hope that the people of West have recovered sufficiently to demand answers from the BATF as to why this case is now "cold." Further, I hope that the people of West will look to their local law enforcement for answers since the feds have apparently come up empty handed. The only problem is that various federal agencies have the evidence, which they may or may not make available to the local police, Sheriff McNamara, or the Texas Rangers. The truth is not "out there." The truth is right in the city of West, and the people of West deserve to know it now.
May God bless the City of West
And God Bless America
The VERY DAY of the blast, a certain firefighter (who was since arrested for possession of BOMB-MAKING MATERIALS) stated over the radio to emergency dispatchers that a BOMB had just exploded at the fertilizer plant. How could this volunteer firefighter have POSSIBLY KNOWN that a bomb had just exploded? Fertilizer explosions NOT DUE to bombs are fairly frequent. This person could only have known a bomb had exploded if he HIMSELF placed the bomb or knew who placed it. This radio call was played several times immediately after the explosion but then seemed to have disappeared from TV news land.
Today, three years later, the ATF is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person responsible for this act of arson. Does this infer that the federal agencies have somehow botched the investigation? Does this mean that the ATF believes the West volunteer firefighter, arrested within days for possession of bomb-making materials, WAS NOT responsible for this cowardly act? I think the people of West deserve much better. I believe that the ATF and/or other federal agencies, who pushed local law enforcement to the side, may have in fact botched their investigation and possibly allowed a man to walk away from the most deadly and costly crime in West's history.
Many people lost friends and loved ones that day in April, 2013. I am sure that the shock must have numbed the people there, possibly making it unthinkable that one of their own firefighters set off the explosion. But the many federal agents who converged on the city were not emotionally involved, and should have been thinking of all causes, both accidental and intentional. I am sure that a certain man was suspected immediately of this criminal act. Why was he not charged with THIS crime, not just possession of bomb-making materials? Now, after THREE YEARS of investigation, the "Bureau" is begging for information and offering a large reward for this information. Justice thwarted by incompetency?
I hope that the people of West have recovered sufficiently to demand answers from the BATF as to why this case is now "cold." Further, I hope that the people of West will look to their local law enforcement for answers since the feds have apparently come up empty handed. The only problem is that various federal agencies have the evidence, which they may or may not make available to the local police, Sheriff McNamara, or the Texas Rangers. The truth is not "out there." The truth is right in the city of West, and the people of West deserve to know it now.
May God bless the City of West
And God Bless America
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