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Many of the victims seemed most concerned not with their own injuries but with the fate of their friends. As co-workers struggled to rescue one another, a retired policeman pulled out his badge and began directing traffic away from the carnage. An employee of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was in an elevator at the time of the blast; he went into a six-story free fall. But having landed safely and climbed out of the rubble, he immediately went to work tracking down leads...
...groups throughout the country, nurture a profound paranoia about the Federal Government even as they express their deepest patriotism. Bureaucrats, militia members believe, are responsible for gun-control laws, like the 1994 Brady law and assault-weapons ban. The militias especially blame the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for the movement's twin tragedies: the deaths of white supremacist Randy Weaver's wife and son in a 1992 Idaho confrontation and the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians' compound in Waco, Texas, that resulted in the deaths of 82 cult members, including leader David Koresh. Mark...
Contrary to the impression left by some press reports, the use of commercially prepared ANFO is carefully monitored. People who want to buy it must produce a federal permit or a license issued by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. They must also have a permit from the Department of Transportation to move the ANFO, and various state or local permits to use it. In addition, most of the people who buy and sell ANFO know one another. Any stranger who wanted to buy a large amount of ANFO would immediately arouse suspicion. Theft of any quantity would...
Last month the National Rifle Association ran full-page ads denouncing the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for a "tyrannical record of misconduct and abuse of power.'' Assuming those responsible for Oklahoma City have ties to the gun-toting "citizen militias" whose leaders advocate armed conflict against governmental "intrusion,'' shouldn't the N.R.A. reconsider at least the tone of such heated calls to arms...
...downtown Oklahoma City, demolishing nearly half of the 9-story building. A second, unexploded bomb was also found in the building. At least 18 people were killed, six of them children. Dozens were injured, including some infants in a day care center in the building. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms officials believe the explosion was caused by a powerful car bomb parked nearby, and say the bomb was as strong as the one used in theWorld Trade Center attack two years ago. The explosion occurred shortly after 9 a.m. and could be felt as far as 30 miles away...