Time in this article is set at about 7:30 pm.
We've already pretty much established that Boren is on "damage control" duty. Boren's statements regarding a wider plot doesn't jive with what PhiKapMom has reported, and he has contradicted himself a number of times.
Surveillance tapes didn't spot him trying to enter, but does that mean he didn't? IMHO it doesn't negate or confirm anything - just that nothing is on tape.
(What is my reasoning? I was assaulted once and there was a camera just a few feet away, but it didn't catch anything as it was pointed in the opposite direction...)
Someone needs to provide Adam Smith with pictures of those gate security officers to let him identify who came up to him and said he turned Hinrichs away from the gate.
The statement about Hinrichs not liking football is odd. How would OU officials know this? Just because someone doesn't buy season tickets does that mean that he doesn't like football. I haven't been to a game in years, but I still like football.
Also, just because records don't reflect that he bought a ticket doesn't mean that he didn't have one. PhiKapMom received an email asking her why she didn't use her leftover ticket to that game... Someone said students can get in with their IDs, PhiKapMom can you confirm?
Well, that's all for now from me...
Hinrichs' absence from the security tapes does not rule out his attempted entry into the stadium. As smart as he was, Hinrichs' may have used a simple disguise to make it difficult to ID him from surveillance tapes. A baseball hat pulled down low over his eyes and some tinted glasses would make it almost impossible to confirm his presence at a stadium entrance from video tapes. Another article has evidence that the bomb was detonated by remote control, which makes me think someone else triggered the blast at a time when that person though Hinrichs would be in the stadium.
Boren also said they are putting in surveillance cameras this week -- did we have them at every gate or only the main gates? I cannot answer that question.
Security guards have been told not to talk not to mention they are rent-a-cops for a security firm. Not sure which one. Wonder if they have on tape that the security guard at Gate 7 who was not really checking bags -- just glancing in and would move you along.
It is also irrelevant. Do they mean to say that mad bombers only target crowds of people who share their hobbies? Who cares what he liked? If he was trying to target a crowd of people, this was the obvious choice. Surely they don't mean to imply that any OU student is unaware of football...
Someone said students can get in with their IDs...
No, they need tickets, but there are plenty of scalpers outside the stadium; plenty of opportunity to get a ticket with no record of it.