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...defendants that has come in for scrutiny. The Bromwich report castigated Williams, then a top explosives examiner, who managed the on-site investigation, saying he "began with a presumption of guilt upon which to build inferences." It excoriated him for offering his opinion that the bomb had consisted of urea nitrate, when no intact urea-nitrate crystals were found at the scene. The report stated that Williams "tailored" his testimony to fit facts determined by the investigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE FBI: THE GANG THAT COULDN'T EXAMINE STRAIGHT | 4/28/1997 | See Source »

Assembling the explosives that blew out seven stories of the World Trade Center sounds so simple that it is easy to forget just how dangerous it is. First, go to any gardening center and chemical-supply house. For little more than $400, buy several 100-lb. bags of urea and some bottles of nitric and sulfuric acid. Mix the urea and acids into a thick paste, put the glop in plastic bags, then pack them in a cardboard box. Next attach either a blasting cap or a detonator made of some batteries, an alarm clock and a container of nitroglycerine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The $400 Bomb | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

...Friday federal authorities raided Space Station, a storage facility about a mile from the apartment where Salameh once lived. Witnesses saw three trucks emerge, hauling away what were thought to be containers of sulfuric acid, nitric acid and urea, chemicals that could be used to make explosives. Jersey City police would say only that they "found a lot of stuff that may be linked to Salameh" and took it to an undisclosed destination for examination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Case of Dumb Luck | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

...liked making urea--dried piss," joked DiAntonio...

Author: By Andrew R. Elby, | Title: Freshman Takes Bronze in Chemistry Olympics | 12/7/1984 | See Source »

...middleman for cash. In one of the biggest of these accords, Occidental Petroleum and the Soviet Union have a 20-year, $20 billion agreement that calls, in part, for the annual exchange of 1 million tons of American superphosphoric acid fertilizer for 4 million tons of Soviet ammonia, urea and potash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Barter | 6/11/1984 | See Source »

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