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| Bomb damages rooms at Yale Law School |
| 2003-05-22 |
| Yale Daily News -- Edited for length A bomb exploded on the first floor of the Sterling Law Buildings Wednesday afternoon, injuring no one but causing significant structural damage to two law school rooms, University administrators said. The explosion came at 4:40 p.m., less than 24 hours after officials at the Department of Homeland Security raised the nation's terror alert status to orange, the second highest level. A spokeswoman for the FBI in New Haven said members of the agency's Joint Terrorism Task Force had been dispatched to the scene. New Haven Mayor John DeStefano Jr. said at a press conference Wednesday evening that there was no evidence that the explosion was an act of terrorism. I think the Mayor meant to say that there was no evidence (yet) of Middle Eastern terrorism. How can a bomb not be terrorism? Though access to Law School classrooms is officially limited to those with University key cards, Lorimer said the building was open all day and anyone could have walked in. Police have not announced any suspects and are investigating the incident. Lorimer said the Law School will be closed for the rest of the week. Law School exams, which began this Monday, will continue as scheduled, but will be moved to Sheffield-Sterling-Strathcona Hall. Good news is, no loss of life. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #9 Maybe it was Al Gore. Wasn't he a Kaczynski fan? You could barely tell the difference between their writing. Maybe ol Al is still smarting over the fact that they denied him a position, worthy of his greatness, and he was angry that no one seemed to notice or care. |
| Posted by: Becky 2003-05-22 18:02:34 |
| #8 One report mentioned that today is Ted Kaczynski's birthday, and sort-of suggested this might be an early commemoration/present. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2003-05-22 16:02:12 |
| #7 Union action? Hmmmmm... Yale has been in the forefront of denying their minimum wage help the same rights and privileges that its professors have. Wouldn't surprise me but I still lean towards one of those wacky, zany students. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-05-22 12:50:37 |
| #6 One of the blogs is suggesting that labor unions may be behind it. |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-05-22 11:57:38 |
| #5 Will be tough to blame Hatfield for this one, since he's been a bit off his stride lately. heh heh. |
| Posted by: Becky 2003-05-22 09:22:04 |
| #4 This is either an isolated incident more in line with a prank, or a deliberate event. The best way to determine which category it falls into would be to look at what else is going on at Yale at this time. The fact that the bomb exploded in an EMPTY building gives credence to the bomb not being of MidEastern origin - Al Qaeda & co. WANT civilian casualties. That doesn't mean it wasn't a terrorist act. We have a large group of home-grown terrorists, including PETA, ELF & the ALF that could be ultimately responsible for this explosion. Usually, however, those groups are eager to claim credit, even when they don't have a hand in the action. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-05-22 09:18:19 |
| #3 Isn't there an enormous amount of premeditation and preparation that would be required for an explosion that big? I think it's too extreme to be a disgruntled student. |
| Posted by: Becky 2003-05-22 08:17:24 |
| #2 Agree with CO...this was an extreme version of the old "call in a bomb threat so you won't have to take the test" ruse. |
| Posted by: TJ 2003-05-22 08:11:46 |
| #1 Methinks it was a disgruntled student succumbing to the pressures of "finals week". |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-05-22 07:49:15 |