Following the MSM Could be Hazardous to Your Health

Apart from local bloggers, Michelle Malkin seems to be about the only one following this story. She has information and links to a local OK City TV station and a newspaper in Colorado Springs. That's it as far as I can tell for media coverage.

Think about it. Sticking with ABC, CBS, CNN, the WaPo, and NYT could be hazardous to your health as they ignore the threats to us because they are afraid of offending Muslim sensibilities.

Here is a brief story from the OK City TV station on how the dead college student recently tried to buy ammonium nitrate -- the same stuff that McViegh used to blow up the OK City federal building.

Hinrichs Tried To Buy Ammonium Nitrate
POSTED: 5:16 pm CDT October 4, 2005
UPDATED: 10:03 am CDT October 5, 2005

NORMAN, Okla. -- The general manager of a Norman feed store said Tuesday that Joel Henry Hinrichs III had inquired about purchasing ammonium nitrate fertilizer, the primary ingredient used in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Dustin Ellison, the general manager of Ellison Feed & Seed on Porter Avenue, said that a man matching Hinrichs' description had come into the store days before he blew himself up on OU's campus. Ellison said the man asked about ammonium nitrate, but couldn't offer a reason why he needed it.

According to an AP report, Ellison said that Hinrichs acted strangely and was wearing a vest with what appeared to be wires in it when he asked for ammonium nitrate fertilizer.

After the bombing, Ellison said he thought nothing of it. However, when he saw Hinrichs' photo, it triggered his memory.

To this point, authorities still suggest Hinrichs' only motive for blowing himself up was suicide. The FBI released a statement Tuesday evening saying that "there is no known link between Hinrichs and any terrorist or extremist organization(s) or activities."

The release also indicated that the FBI believes there is "no known current threat posed by any additional explosive materials."

Ellison noted that his store doesn't carry ammonium nitrate any longer after recent legislation required new paperwork for stores to sell the product.

Stay tuned to Eyewitness News 5 for further details.