<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#41145203">http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show/#41145203</a><br><br>Maddow's take on it was definitely worth watching.<br>
<br>-Reggie<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 7:46 PM, Art Deco <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div><font size="2">Thank you for the vigilance SPD and others.</font></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
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<a title="thansen@moscow.com" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">Tom Hansen</a>
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a title="vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Moscow Vision 2020</a> </div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:19
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<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> [Vision2020] FBI: Backpack on
Spokane Parade Route Was a Bomb</div>
<div><br></div>Courtesy of the
Spokesman-Review.<br><br>---------------------------------------------------------<br><br>FBI
says backpack on Spokane parade route was a bomb<br>Thomas Clouse, The
Spokesman-Review<br><br>The abandoned backpack found Monday along the route of
Spokane's annual<br>Martin Luther King Jr. march contained a bomb capable of
inflicting<br>"multiple casualties," the FBI has confirmed.<br><br>The Federal
Bureau of Investigation's terrorism task force is offering a<br>$20,000 reward
for information leading to the arrest and conviction of<br>those responsible
for planting the bomb. The FBI on Tuesday issued a<br>bulletin asking for the
public's assistance.<br><br>Frank Harrill, special agent in the charge of the
Spokane FBI office,<br>would not discuss what specifically made the bomb so
dangerous but said<br>the investigation has become a top priority.<br><br>"It
definitely was, by all early analysis, a viable device that was very<br>lethal
and had the potential to inflict multiple casualties," Harrill<br>said.
"Clearly, the timing and placement of a device _ secreted in a<br>backpack _
with the Martin Luther King parade is not coincidental. We are<br>doing
everything humanly possible to identify the individuals or<br>individual who
constructed and placed this device."<br><br>Ivan Bush, who has helped organize
the celebration march in Spokane for<br>more than 20 years said news of the
backpack's potential was "just painful<br>to see and hear."<br><br>"Man,
that's a sad testament," said Bush, who works in human resources
for<br>Spokane Public Schools. "Here we are in the 21st century and these
types<br>of things are still happening. It just hurts."<br><br>The purpose of
the march was to bring residents together to celebrate a<br>man who championed
passive resistance, he said.<br><br>"This community came together to get a
street dedicated to Dr. King and<br>thousands come out to celebrate him every
year," Bush said. "When<br>something like this takes place, it's just
painful."<br><br>The bomb was discovered in a Swiss Army-brand backpack that
was placed on<br>a park bench at 9:25 a.m. at the northeast corner of North
Washington<br>Street and West Main Avenue.<br><br>Two T-shirts were located in
the bag. One reads "Stevens County Relay For<br>Life June 25th-26th 2010" and
another shirt reads "Treasure Island Spring<br>2009." The FBI is working with
other federal agencies and virtually all<br>local police agencies with the
investigation as part of the Northwest<br>Joint Terrorism Task
Force.<br><br>"I think the link to the Martin Luther King celebration and
march is<br>inescapable," Harrill said. "At that point, it falls directly in
the realm<br>and sphere of domestic terrorism. Clearly, there was some
political or<br>social agenda here."<br><br>Harrill said agents have conducted
interviews, but said he could not<br>discuss any potential
suspects.<br><br>Meanwhile, federal investigators continue to investigate an
explosive<br>device that was discovered March 23 alongside the Thomas S. Foley
U.S.<br>Courthouse. Harrill said agents have not made an arrest in that
previous<br>case.<br><br>"We don't know, at this point, of any linkage to any
other incident,"<br>Harrill said, referring to the Monday discovery. "We are
not aware of any<br>other events that prefaced this event . or threats
associated with this<br>device. Nor does it appear to be linked to any other
incidents in Spokane<br>or anywhere else in the country. But, that certainly
is a focus for us."<br><br>Harrill praised the residents who discovered the
backpack.<br><br>"The individuals who found this backpack, they were the
heroes of the day.<br>They did what we all should do. They brought it to the
attention of<br>police," Harrill said. "They took quick action, rerouted the
parade and<br>immediately called for the" bomb disposal
unit.<br><br>----------------------<br><br>The FBI is seeking information
connected to the identity of the person or<br>persons seen with this Swiss
Army-brand backpack. The t-shirts were<br>contained in the backpack. The
backpack was found on a bench at the corner<br>of North Washington Street and
West Main Avenue in Spokane, Wash. on<br>Monday, Jan. 17, 2011.<br><br><a href="http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2011/01/18/SRX_BOMB_THREAT_t620.jpg" target="_blank">http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2011/01/18/SRX_BOMB_THREAT_t620.jpg</a><br>
<br>---------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Seeya
round town, Moscow.<br><br>Tom Hansen<br>Moscow, Idaho<br><br>"The Pessimist
complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to change<br>and the Realist
adjusts his sails."<br><br>-
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