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Breaking: 'Hoax Devices' Found At Several Boston Locations (Several 'Suspicous Packages' Found)
Boston.com ^ | January 31, 2007

Posted on 01/31/2007 12:04:30 PM PST by Howlin

BOSTON -- Four "hoax devices" were found at several Boston locations Wednesday, hours after officials detonated a suspicious package on an elevated structure above the Sullivan Square Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority station.

The additional packages were found at the Boston University Bridge, the Longfellow Bridge and near the intersection of Stuart and Columbus streets. A device described by officials as a pipe bomb was found in the basement of the Tufts New England Medical Center at 185 Harrison Ave.

A spokesman for the Boston Police Department said that all of the packages appeared to be similar.

"Our device was not an active device. We are still treating the area as a crime scene. There were no injuries. Everyone was evacuated properly, and everyone now back to their locations," Tufts New England Medical Center's Brooke Hynes said.

Mayor Tom Menino said that all of the packages found posed no danger, but the incidents remained under investigation. Storrow Drive eastbound was shut down for a brief time, and the MBTA suspended service on the Red Line and planned to bus afternoon commuters between Kendall and Park Street stations.

Earlier Wednesday, the state police bomb squad was called and detonated the package in Sullivan Square just before 10 a.m. Officials said it contained an electronic circuit board with some components that were "consistent with an improvised explosive device," but they said it had no explosives. They determined that the device was not dangerous, but destroyed it as a precaution.

"We determined that this device, in particular, was not explosive," said MBTA Lt. Sal Venturelli.

He said MBTA police were told about the package by a transit passenger who spotted it on a column that supports Interstate 93. The parcel was located on an elevated structure above the bus way and below I-93 in the Charlestown section of Boston at about 8 a.m.

"This is a perfect example of our passengers taking part in Homeland Security," Venturelli said.

An investigation will be conducted into how the package got there and when, he said.

Train service on the Orange Line between Sullivan Square and Wellington stations was suspended in both directions. No injuries were reported.

The northbound side of I-93 was closed, causing significant traffic backups. Motorists were not allowed to access the highway near Sullivan Square coming up from the south.


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To: xcamel

Cesium 137 would be that "something much worse." However, I think one of the things the remote 'bots have is radiacs as well to make sure they don't blow one of those up by mistake.


41 posted on 01/31/2007 12:13:38 PM PST by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: Howlin
Shep says that the BPD says they are "hooks devices."

What is that?

He's saying "hoax devices" maybe?

42 posted on 01/31/2007 12:13:59 PM PST by filbert (More filbert at http://www.medary.com)
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To: Calpernia

You noticed how EVERYTHING happens at Logan?


43 posted on 01/31/2007 12:14:00 PM PST by txhurl
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To: MeanWestTexan

Ah, but this is Tufts, so they were probably just doing extra credit for a Mideastern Studies prof in the IR school. ;-)


44 posted on 01/31/2007 12:14:12 PM PST by leilani
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To: jdm

It was filled with electronics. There is a Music Complex right there were half assed bands practice. Someone probably stole an AMP, ditched it and was going to come back later.


45 posted on 01/31/2007 12:14:38 PM PST by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Howlin
Might be a college frat stunt?

sw

46 posted on 01/31/2007 12:14:39 PM PST by spectre (Spectre's wife)
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To: jdm
It seems like it's always Boston, doesn't it?

Liberalville! Like I said before, the libs are reaping what they've sown!

47 posted on 01/31/2007 12:14:44 PM PST by Road Warrior ‘04 (Kill 'em til they're dead! Then, kill 'em again!)
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To: Howlin
Our device was not an active device

Similar to Pelosi's face and Hillary's personality, then.

48 posted on 01/31/2007 12:15:10 PM PST by relictele
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To: Yaelle

It's just a 'spoof' by MIT students.


49 posted on 01/31/2007 12:15:14 PM PST by NHResident
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To: Bahbah
This morning on the Washington DC Metro system, a "suspicious package" was found on the Braddock Road Metro stop. This station was likewise closed during the investigation Link to story.

Coincidence? One wonders...

50 posted on 01/31/2007 12:15:16 PM PST by COBOL2Java ("No stronger retrograde force exists in the world" - Winston Churchill on Islam)
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To: Howlin
Shep says that the BPD says they are "hooks devices."

Little slip of a Canadian accent maybe?

51 posted on 01/31/2007 12:15:42 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity)
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To: jdm

What was it, 3 out of the 4 9/11 planes were hijacked out of there?


52 posted on 01/31/2007 12:16:08 PM PST by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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To: Yaelle

I found it this first line strange:

BOSTON - Bomb units scrambled to investigate four suspicious devices reported almost *simultaneously* throughout Boston.

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=180263

This is when you check the phone ins... can we even do that now...


Other
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/10890113/detail.html


53 posted on 01/31/2007 12:16:35 PM PST by AliVeritas (Stop Global Dhimming. Demand testicular fortitude from the hill. Call the crusade.)
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To: Howlin

A crazy theory out of the blue: Iran sending a warning?

Though far, far more likely it is a crackpot or three pulling a hoax. Current or former college kids, probably leftist/anarchist-leaning brats.


54 posted on 01/31/2007 12:17:13 PM PST by Diddle E. Squat (An easy 10-team playoff based on the BCS bowls can be implemented by next year. See my homepage.)
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To: theanonymouslurker
Exactly. in this case "hoax" = "practice". Maybe congress can convince them to paint them blue so the cops don't put up those stupid tapes and redirect our trips to the nearest Starbucks.
55 posted on 01/31/2007 12:17:16 PM PST by Semper Vigilantis (The House side of the US Capitol Building is now the safest place to be when the terrorists strike.)
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To: massgopguy

The Hoax Devices even sounds like a punk-rock band name.


56 posted on 01/31/2007 12:17:41 PM PST by jdm
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To: Howlin

Thanks for the ping Howlin.

Doesn't sound good.


57 posted on 01/31/2007 12:17:43 PM PST by Rheo
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To: Howlin

Hmmm...Boston DUmmies at work?


58 posted on 01/31/2007 12:18:01 PM PST by blinachka (Vechnaya Pamyat Daddy... xoxo)
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To: Jaxter

LOL. Wow! This was quick!


59 posted on 01/31/2007 12:18:10 PM PST by zarf
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To: NHResident

No, MIT students don't do this kind of thing.

Get passed out drunk and have a bridge marked off with your passed-out self? Yes.


60 posted on 01/31/2007 12:18:21 PM PST by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Lezahal)
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