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ABC NEWS
April 20, 1995
SHOW: Day One (ABC 8:00 pm ET)[/FONT]
The Bomb
GUESTS: JAMES FOX, former FBI Director, NY; ART EKROT; CHARLES MANKEN; DAVID BOREN, former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman; DAVID FISHER; DAN ROMERO; MIKE STANLEY, New Mexico Institute of Mining; Gov. FRANK KEATING, ®, Oklahoma[/FONT]
DIANE SAWYER: [voice-over] What kind of bomb could do this? How powerful is this explosive? Day One has learned that for answers to these questions, investigators often look toward a place hundreds of miles away from the Oklahoma bombing site, this test site in Sakora [sp?], New Mexico, the Institute of Mining and Technology, where explosives are studied and tested.
Dan Romero [sp?] is the director of the Institute's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center.
DIANE SAWYER: [voice-over] So that we could learn more about the way the bomb explodes and the kind of impact it can have, Day One commissioned the Institute's research and testing center to explode a 1,500-pound ANFO bomb similar in size and composition to the one thought to have destroyed the federal building in Oklahoma City.
TECHNICIAN: Charged. Stand by for countdown. Countdown- five, four, three, two, one-
DAN ROMERO: It's actually the pressure wave which comes out of the bomb that causes the damage. We estimate that, oh, five to ten feet away from the bomb, there was probably about 1,500 pounds per square inch. Thirty feet away, there was probably about 50 pounds per square inch. At 27 pounds per square inch, you can essentially rip a building apart.
Umm...
Compressive vs. flexural strength - Troubleshooting
Concrete Producer, The , Dec, 2003
Concrete is usually assumed to be about 10% as strong in tension as it is in compression. Tensile strength is the basis for its ability to resist bending, or its flexural strength.
…For concrete with a compressive strength of 3000 psi, the corresponding calculated tensile strengths using these four approximations are 300, 367, 219, and 478 psi, respectively.
“Rip a building apart.” So Romero’s statement about the strength of concrete is off by at least an order of magnitude. According to Romero, the concrete used in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building has the tensile strength of fresh adobe. But that would be necessary for an ANFO bomb with a pressure wave of no more than 3000 PSI at the source to do any damage other than break windows 30 feet away.
So WTF is this “Dan Romero? Sawyer listed him as Director of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center. Could he be the same person as Van Romero?
![[Image: van2001.jpg]](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v203/thedeadbug/van2001.jpg)
http://infohost.nmt.edu/~red/van.html
1995-1997: Director, Energetic Materials Research & Testing Center, New Mexico Tech. Direct and manage a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and staff involved in RDT&E programs in energetic materials. EMRTC provides a working laboratory for conducting research in support of both government and commercial programs in the areas of ordnance, explosives, propellants and other energetic materials. Facilities include over 30 separate test sites, gun ranges and research labs located within a 32 square mile field laboratory. Developed and implemented counter-terrorist program that benefits research and academic programs.
Yup- must be the guy. Wonder why “Dan?” Anyway he’s certainly made good since his rediculous statements in ’95. It pays to be a team player…
The following from http://911review.com/coverup/romero.html
title: New Mexico Tech Vice President Romero Named a Top Lobbyist[/FONT]
authors: George Zamora[/FONT]
New Mexico Tech Vice President Van Romero has been tapped as one of “six lobbyists who made an impact in 2003” in an article featured in this month's issue of Influence magazine.
Romero, who is in charge of research and economic development at the research university in Socorro, was profiled in “The Players,” a special year-end feature in the national magazine which identifies a handful of prominent Washington, D.C. lobbyists who made a mark in 2003.
“From his perch 2,000 miles outside of the Beltway, this physics Ph.D. understands exactly how Washington works,” the article states. “A major chunk of his job involves lobbying for federal government funding, and if the 2003 fiscal year was any indication, Romero is a superstar.”
Romero is credited in the article with being instrumental in procuring about $56 million worth of appropriations for New Mexico Tech for the current fiscal year. This notable achievement also recently caught the eye of editors at The Chronicle of Higher Education as they ranked the university first in the nation among institutions of higher education that receive federal earmarks.
The article in Influence also points out that “Van Romero is proof that the client can be the best lobbyist.”
page: infohost.nmt.edu/mainpage/news/2003/18dec01.html
title: Tech Receives $15 M for Anti-Terrorism Program[/FONT]
author: Amy Hoskins[/FONT]
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today heralded the release of nearly $15 million to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), which the institute will specifically use to provide two terrorism-preparedness courses for First Responders.
The funding award was made to the Socorro institution through the U.S. Justice Department's (DOJ) Domestic Preparedness Training and Technical Assistance Program. Domenici, a member of the Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, secured the program funding in the FY2002 CJS Appropriations Act and last year's emergency supplemental bill.
"New Mexico Tech plays a significant role in supporting our government's anti-terrorism activities. That is why I continue to work to see that federal resources are allocated to support their work," Domenici said. "First Responders from all over the country travel just to receive anti-terrorism training, including this terrorism-preparedness instruction. I fully expect this program to expand as we ramp up homeland security activities."
page: infohost.nmt.edu/mainpage/news/2002/25sept03.html
[/FONT]
ABC NEWS
April 20, 1995
SHOW: Day One (ABC 8:00 pm ET)[/FONT]
The Bomb
GUESTS: JAMES FOX, former FBI Director, NY; ART EKROT; CHARLES MANKEN; DAVID BOREN, former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman; DAVID FISHER; DAN ROMERO; MIKE STANLEY, New Mexico Institute of Mining; Gov. FRANK KEATING, ®, Oklahoma[/FONT]
DIANE SAWYER: [voice-over] What kind of bomb could do this? How powerful is this explosive? Day One has learned that for answers to these questions, investigators often look toward a place hundreds of miles away from the Oklahoma bombing site, this test site in Sakora [sp?], New Mexico, the Institute of Mining and Technology, where explosives are studied and tested.
Dan Romero [sp?] is the director of the Institute's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center.
DIANE SAWYER: [voice-over] So that we could learn more about the way the bomb explodes and the kind of impact it can have, Day One commissioned the Institute's research and testing center to explode a 1,500-pound ANFO bomb similar in size and composition to the one thought to have destroyed the federal building in Oklahoma City.
TECHNICIAN: Charged. Stand by for countdown. Countdown- five, four, three, two, one-
DAN ROMERO: It's actually the pressure wave which comes out of the bomb that causes the damage. We estimate that, oh, five to ten feet away from the bomb, there was probably about 1,500 pounds per square inch. Thirty feet away, there was probably about 50 pounds per square inch. At 27 pounds per square inch, you can essentially rip a building apart.
Umm...
Compressive vs. flexural strength - Troubleshooting
Concrete Producer, The , Dec, 2003
Concrete is usually assumed to be about 10% as strong in tension as it is in compression. Tensile strength is the basis for its ability to resist bending, or its flexural strength.
…For concrete with a compressive strength of 3000 psi, the corresponding calculated tensile strengths using these four approximations are 300, 367, 219, and 478 psi, respectively.
“Rip a building apart.” So Romero’s statement about the strength of concrete is off by at least an order of magnitude. According to Romero, the concrete used in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building has the tensile strength of fresh adobe. But that would be necessary for an ANFO bomb with a pressure wave of no more than 3000 PSI at the source to do any damage other than break windows 30 feet away.
So WTF is this “Dan Romero? Sawyer listed him as Director of the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center. Could he be the same person as Van Romero?
http://infohost.nmt.edu/~red/van.html
1995-1997: Director, Energetic Materials Research & Testing Center, New Mexico Tech. Direct and manage a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and staff involved in RDT&E programs in energetic materials. EMRTC provides a working laboratory for conducting research in support of both government and commercial programs in the areas of ordnance, explosives, propellants and other energetic materials. Facilities include over 30 separate test sites, gun ranges and research labs located within a 32 square mile field laboratory. Developed and implemented counter-terrorist program that benefits research and academic programs.
Yup- must be the guy. Wonder why “Dan?” Anyway he’s certainly made good since his rediculous statements in ’95. It pays to be a team player…
The following from http://911review.com/coverup/romero.html
title: New Mexico Tech Vice President Romero Named a Top Lobbyist[/FONT]
authors: George Zamora[/FONT]
New Mexico Tech Vice President Van Romero has been tapped as one of “six lobbyists who made an impact in 2003” in an article featured in this month's issue of Influence magazine.
Romero, who is in charge of research and economic development at the research university in Socorro, was profiled in “The Players,” a special year-end feature in the national magazine which identifies a handful of prominent Washington, D.C. lobbyists who made a mark in 2003.
“From his perch 2,000 miles outside of the Beltway, this physics Ph.D. understands exactly how Washington works,” the article states. “A major chunk of his job involves lobbying for federal government funding, and if the 2003 fiscal year was any indication, Romero is a superstar.”
Romero is credited in the article with being instrumental in procuring about $56 million worth of appropriations for New Mexico Tech for the current fiscal year. This notable achievement also recently caught the eye of editors at The Chronicle of Higher Education as they ranked the university first in the nation among institutions of higher education that receive federal earmarks.
The article in Influence also points out that “Van Romero is proof that the client can be the best lobbyist.”
page: infohost.nmt.edu/mainpage/news/2003/18dec01.html
e x c e r p t
author: Amy Hoskins[/FONT]
U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today heralded the release of nearly $15 million to the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), which the institute will specifically use to provide two terrorism-preparedness courses for First Responders.
The funding award was made to the Socorro institution through the U.S. Justice Department's (DOJ) Domestic Preparedness Training and Technical Assistance Program. Domenici, a member of the Commerce, Justice, State and the Judiciary (CJS) Appropriations Subcommittee, secured the program funding in the FY2002 CJS Appropriations Act and last year's emergency supplemental bill.
"New Mexico Tech plays a significant role in supporting our government's anti-terrorism activities. That is why I continue to work to see that federal resources are allocated to support their work," Domenici said. "First Responders from all over the country travel just to receive anti-terrorism training, including this terrorism-preparedness instruction. I fully expect this program to expand as we ramp up homeland security activities."
page: infohost.nmt.edu/mainpage/news/2002/25sept03.html
"If you're looking for something that isn't there, you're wasting your time and the taxpayers' money."
-Michael Neuman, U.S. Government bureaucrat, on why NIST didn't address explosives in its report on the WTC collapses
-Michael Neuman, U.S. Government bureaucrat, on why NIST didn't address explosives in its report on the WTC collapses