[LenS]

The worst part about the MOVE bombing was that it showed that no one was in charge and everyone was incompetent. The Police and Fire Departments didn't bother to consult the Mayor on the decision. The Police didn't consult with the Fire Commissioner. Lower level police supervisors didn't give the Police Commissioner all the info he needed nor did they consult the firemen about the wisdom of letting a rowhome fire burn the felons out. The guy who made the bomb unilaterally decided to add C-4 to the Tovex (sp?) without telling anyone (he felt that the Tovex wouldn't be enough to take out the homemade roof bunker -- C-4 produces fire, Tovex was meant for mines so it produced very little). Only one cop on the force had ever had hostage negotiation training (he paid for it himself). Those were just some of the problems that day. And Mayor Goode's lack of control extended to the rebuilding -- worthless crappy homes were built at a cost three to four times what it should have been.

[jammer]

Thanks for the explanation. That sounds like real, educated knowledge. I didn't mean, however, to sidetrack this thing from the big news. Don'tcha' just love it when things like this happen?