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DA receives Texas Ranger report on former West paramedicThe 'pipe bomb materials' (literally a portion of pipe and a bag of some chemical or other) were in turn given to Reed by his friend and colleague Cyrus Reed (no relation) who was killed in the explosion, and who Bryce Reed gave an eulogy to at his funeral:
Waco Tribune, 25 July 2013
[...] Sibley said he thinks federal authorities arrested Reed "in a rush to judgment" to silence him from the prominent role Reed played initially in acting at various venues as a self-appointed spokesman for the city of West and the grieving families of those lost in the blast.
He said he thinks Reed was arrested also because he criticized the multi-agency state and federal investigation into the explosion.
According to court documents, Reed gave a box to an unwitting Abbott resident that contained a "possible destructive device."
The person called the McLennan County Sheriff's Office, which took possession of a 31/2-inch pipe and a few bags filled with chemicals, court records state.
Reed admitted having the "components of a pipe bomb," court documents say. But Sibley said Reed "vehemently denies the allegations against him."
"He didn't give the box to the guy who gave it to the feds," Sibley said. "I can't even say if there ever was a box, but this was something that the federal government pinned on him when they were in the middle of the investigation into the explosion and he was the one talking to the media, and the FBI and ATF didn't like that.
"This was a convenient way to rush to judgment and to try to get him out of the way," Sibley said. "I think the investigation will reveal that. I think it is faulty and Mr. Reed is ultimately looking forward to his day in court." [...]
Fertilizer plant explosion injures dozens in West, near WacoPerhaps they haven't found the cause because they haven't considered this possibility:
Dallas News, 17 April 2013
[...] Paul Manigrasso, a Gulf War veteran, felt the blast in Waxahachie.
"Based on my naval experience ... we knew immediately what it was but cannot believe it occurred 40 miles away," he told KWTX-TV.
Andy Bartee of Dallas was driving home from Austin when he stopped at a convenience store about five miles from the explosion. Suddenly the lights went out and the explosion rocked the building.
"You could feel it in your chest and ears," he said. Ceiling tiles fell and pictures on the wall broke.
"It was pretty nuts," he said. "It looked like a mushroom cloud. It looked like an atom bomb had been dropped," Bartee said. "I've never seen or felt anything like that."
Debby Marak said she had seen the plant burning and had driven closer to see what was happening but reversed direction after two boys ran toward her screaming that authorities had told them to flee because the plant was going to explode.
"It was like being in a tornado," Marak said of the blast that erupted as she was driving away. "Stuff was flying everywhere. It blew out my windshield. It was like the whole earth shook."
Comment: US approves drones for civilian use
The 'normalizing' of American society to seeing a drone presence in national airspace begins to play out - they're teaching the children 'well', aren't they?