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Post by Admin on Dec 28, 2020 19:44:16 GMT
A Los Angeles entertainment executive has been connected to the main suspect in the Christmas morning bombing in Nashville, according to numerous news reports. Michelle Swing, a downtown L.A. resident and artist development director at AEG Presents, was reportedly given two houses by Anthony Quinn Warner, who has been named as one of the main persons of interest in the Christmas morning bombing in Nashville that devastated a city block. In that bombing incident, a white RV was parked on the street and started to broadcast a warning to evacuate the area. It also reportedly played a recording of Petula Clark’s 1965 pop hit, Downtown. Police are still investigating the incident. According to reports, Warner gave Swing a $160,000 house via a quit claim in January 2019 in the Nashville neighborhood of Antioch, located 12 miles from downtown. Then, on November 25, Warner gave Swing another Antioch house worth $249,999 via quit claim. It has not yet been revealed what the connection was between the 63-year-old Warner and Swing, who worked in Knoxville, Tennessee at AC Entertainment as a marketing coordinator from May 2011 to May 2012. The agency handles the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, among other properties.
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Post by Admin on Dec 28, 2020 23:05:31 GMT
Joe Biden makes FIRST comments on Nashville bombing
President-elect Joe Biden on Monday emphasized the need for “continuing vigilance” following the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, offering praise for law enforcement and first responders who assisted in the wake of the explosion.
“This bombing was a reminder of the destructive power an individual or a small group can muster and the need for continuing vigilance across the board,” Biden said in remarks from Wilmington, Del.
He thanked police officers and firemen who evacuated the area and first responders who “jumped into action” on the scene to assist those impacted.
“Their bravery and cool headedness likely saved lives and prevented a worse outcome, and we are eternally grateful to that law enforcement agency,” Biden said. “I know the hearts of all Americans are with the people of Nashville as they rebuild and recover from this traumatic event.”
Biden and President Trump were both briefed on the incident on Friday. Biden’s remarks on Monday represented his first verbal comments on the bombing. Trump, who has been at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., for the holiday, has yet to say anything publicly about the incident.
A White House spokesman said last week that Trump "will continue to receive regular updates" and is "grateful for the incredible first responders and praying for those who were injured."
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Post by Admin on Dec 29, 2020 4:58:26 GMT
Nashville RV bomber Anthony Quinn Warner was “heavily into conspiracy theories” about 5G networks — and thought he’d be “hailed a hero” for targeting a huge AT&T network, according to a report.
The 63-year-old loner — who died in his massive Christmas Day suicide blast — may have turned against the telecommunications industry after the 2011 death of his father, who worked for a company that later merged with AT&T, a source close to the investigation told the Daily Mail.
He was believed to be “heavily into conspiracy theories,” especially over fears that 5G networks were killing people, the source said.
“The unofficial motive thus far is the suspect believed 5G was the root of all deaths in the region and he’d be hailed a hero,” the source told the outlet.
“We are waiting on the digital footprint that should finally provide us with some answers,” the source explained following a raid of Warner’s home in Antioch, a suburb of Nashville.
His father, Charles B. Warner, spent his career working for BellSouth, which was acquired by AT&T in 2006, the report noted. The dad — who was nicknamed Popeye — died in July 2011 of dementia, at age 78, the outlet said.
The bomber may also have been dying before his attack, having told an ex-girlfriend that he had cancer, according to the New York Times.
He gave that ex a car and also signed away the deeds to at least two homes — one just before Thanksgiving — before his devastating attack.
As well as razing businesses in the historic downtown area, the 6:30 a.m. blast caused a massive disruption to communications systems that even blacked out 911 centers in several surrounding counties.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper said Sunday the bombing appeared to be an “infrastructure attack” targeting the AT&T building.
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Post by Admin on Dec 29, 2020 18:54:35 GMT
Erin Burnett OutFront was joined Monday night by Rick Laude, a neighbor of alleged Nashville bomber Anthony Warner. Early on Christmas morning, Nashville was rocked by a large blast, in which Warner is believed to have died. Laude said he last talked to Warner on the Monday before Christmas, and that nothing in the conversation was cause for alarm. In fact, the conversation left Laude thinking something really good was happening for Warner. “The conversation, nothing raised a red flag as to something horrible would happen. When I drove away from that conversation, I thought that something good was going to be happening for Anthony,” Laude said. “Just out of small talk, I asked him, ‘Is going to bring you anything good for Christmas?’ And he smiled and he said, ‘Oh, yeah. I'm going to be famous. Nashville and the world will never forget me.’” Laude thought that whatever good was coming Warner’s way may have had something to do with his background in IT. “I thought to myself, well, if he's an electronics technician and an IT technician, maybe he developed an app that he felt confident was going to get patented and have a nice little payday,” Laude said. “Nothing about that conversation raised a red flag.” Laude lived next to Warner for 10 years, and though the two knew each other, Laude was clear that he did not consider Warner a friend. “He was a recluse,” Laude said. “Let me be very clear. He and I were not friends. You will not find anybody in my neighborhood who will claim to be a friend of his. He was just a legitimate recluse.” Laude ended the interview with a plea for viewers to help those who have been negatively affected by the bombing. “I’m just asking everybody of all walks of life to please remember the people who had a home at 6 a.m. on Christmas morning, and at 6:30 a.m. they were now homeless. Please help these people,” Laude said. “And one last thing, if anybody you know has a mental illness problem, get them help and don't stop until you get help.”
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Post by Admin on Jan 1, 2021 22:52:04 GMT
Anthony Quinn Warner’s device, although probably made of common over-the-counter components, is unique in the annals of mayhem, according to seasoned FBI bomb experts consulted by SpyTalk. "We’ve never seen an improvised thermobaric device before in this country or any country,” says Dave Williams, who conducted the FBI’s on-scene investigations of the World Trade Center, Oklahoma City, Pan Am 103 and Unabomber bombings, among other notorious incidents. Thermobaric refers to a gaseous fuel-air explosion. “The reason is, it’s very difficult to get the timing down to get an optimum mixture of air and a liquified carbonaceous fuel such as propane, methane, acetylene or natural gas,” Williams told SpyTalk. “He couldn’t have done it the first time and made it work. There had to be a test area.” Accidental thermobaric explosions are not uncommon—for example, when a house explodes because of a natural gas leak. But IED-makers haven’t tried to stage them deliberately, up to now, Williams says, because too many things have to go right. That’s why investigators must be eager to locate Warner’s proving ground, and also any internet sources he studied as he was building a timer and ignition mechanism that enabled him to blow up a Nashville city block, and himself, at 6:30 a.m. on Christmas Day. As several news outlets have reported, on Aug. 21, 2019, Warner’s ex-girlfriend and her lawyer alerted Nashville police that Warner was “building bombs in the RV trailer” on his property and “frequently talks about the military and bomb-making.” The police referred the incident to the FBI, according to the reports, but neither agency obtained a search warrant to investigate the premises. The police report of the charges leveled by the ex-girlfriend and lawyer contains no hint of Warner’s evident mastery of bomb-making and related electronics. Williams’ hypothesis, that Warner’s RV bomb was likely thermobaric, also known as a fuel-air explosive, aerosol bomb or vacuum bomb, is based on videos of the yellow-orange fireball, the pattern of destruction and conversations with other experts in the tight network of bomb investigators aware of the ongoing investigation in Nashville.
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