Big huge security at military base today.... truck had to be scanned

by something that looked like it belongs in a sci fi movie. Guess that stolen bang plastic in New Mexico has everyone on the edge. How the hell does someone get their hands on explosives anyway... that stuff is supposed to be under lock and key, or is this just another ratings game?

I was gonna say bighugemclarge... but that would be copyright infringement... where is that person anyway? Gotta be one of the funniest names in here....

The first one was described as an amateur job and the material (half a ton of explosives grade ammonium nitrate) was discovered in a canyon by a hiker a week or so later. Whoever did that one probably stashed it while he looked for a buyer. It was just a bolt cutter job that time, with a lot of the site disturbed before they found what they were looking for.

This time they didn't go into huge detail, but said the theft was a professional job, that they knew exactly what they were after, and that nothing else was disturbed.

The facility is out in the middle of godforsaken nowhere west of the city, down a long and miserable washboarded dirt road, secured by chain link fences topped with razor wire. Its isolation and the lack of signs save for a few "danger, high explosives, no admittance" signs on the chain link fence were long considered security enough.

Both thefts happened during weekends, and both thefts went undiscovered for an unknown length of time. The material could have been stolen any time from Friday afternoon to mid Monday morning.

The point is that this stuff undoubtedly had a buyer waiting, and can be just about anyplace by now. I'm glad that truck was scanned. I hope they're scanning a lot of them.

No good will come of this.

Lighting a candle to SEND illumination with my song.

Everything can be changed.

I haven't seen a followup yet...thanks!