Anonymous wrote:
8 a.m.-Noon. POWDER TAGGANTS - Conclusion of a two-day conference by a National Resarch Council committee examining the technical viability of and issues related to tagging black and smokeless powders. Location: National Academy of Sciences, 2100 C St. NW. Contact: 202-334-2138.
The New York Times reported today that the National Research Council found that it was not feasible to require taggants in explosives and recommended that the technology not be pursued. Instead, it proposed improved licensing and protection of storage. The panel noted that it would be very difficult to restrict access to common materials for manufacturing explosives, and that law enforcement should improve investigation, intelligence and education of the public. An unconfirmed Reuters is that the panelists fist-fought tooth-and-nail gouch&suck-eyeballs over the issue of a confidential investigation to determine why there were no ATF agents in Murrah, only the head-hammered remains of all the agency's Wintel boxes choked with endless incoming of "The Availability of Bombmaking Information on the Internet" auto-forwarded from Senator_Feinstein@remailer.to.