Authorities in Texas provided an update on their investigation into the fertilizer plant explosion in West Texas. The short story is that the cause of the fire is undetermined. The long story is that the investigation has been as massive as was the explosion.
On a day when confusion reigned, anonymous sourcing could have come from one of dozens of organizations and agencies and elected officials' offices involved in some part of the Boston Marathon bombin investigation. Here's the scope of what "law enforcement sources" look like in this case.
Having led the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives since September 2011, he's a natural choice. But the biggest obstacle to Jones's confirmation has nothing to do with him and everything to do with political dysfunction.
A closer look at the reassignments following the embarrassing scandal
Kenneth Melson was "closely involved" with the anti-gun trafficking operation
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