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...terrorist attack was immediate, the FBI and the police refused to speculate publicly on who might be responsible. Authorities received 19 phone calls claiming responsibility, but all came more than an hour after the explosion, and none offered any details that would have been known only to the bomber and police. (See cover story, beginning on page...
...safely enter the blast site, workers must buttress the dangerous sagging remnants of the garage and lay a web of tubular steel beams across the crater left by the bomb. It may be days before investigators can begin to sift through the tons of debris for clues to the bomber...
Experts speculate that the bomb may have consisted of several hundred pounds of high explosives. The bomber may have known that because the device would be detonated in the reinforced enclosure of a garage, it would deliver more bang for the buck. An enclosed area can double the "shock wave" value of an explosion. "When you have a contained explosion, the blast doesn't vent," says Phil Hough, president of International Explosives Disposal (USA). "Effectively the building becomes part of the bomb." Says Phillips: "The garage was the perfect location because of both the damage to the upper floors ((with...
Once more is known about the methods and materials of the bomber, federal agencies can compare them with the details of past bombings that are stored on its computer data base. There is also a massive job ahead of identifying and interviewing witnesses who may have seen something in the parking garage or the building. And the FBI is intensifying surveillance of possible terrorist groups and foreign agents suspected of involvement in the bombing. The bureau . has also infiltrated potential terrorist groups in this country, as the CIA has done overseas. Those contacts can now be used to gather leads...
...more aggressive Rullman looked for his shot more often against Penn, but sophomore Eric Moore performed a Human Velcro stunt and the Winthrop senior didn't score until he canned a three 9:06 into the game--the first trey of the weekend for the second-best three-point bomber in Harvard history...