Why is CNN not reporting much about this ??
Does the U.S. government not want it broadcast ?? 280,000 gallons is one BIG mess !! Is there some embarressment over what ONE person did to the pipeline ??

One of GWB's oil cronies trying to boost the price oil ?? (perhaps a tad far- fetched http://discussanything.com/Ubb/wink.gif )

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Alan

I am sure thats not why CNN isn't reporting it, but the thoguths aren't far fetched.

This will realy hurt the idea that drilling in the artci wildlife refuge won't hurt anything.

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Manu Narayan

Ahhh yes.I forgot about the proposed drilling !!

The media isn't saying why he did it. Interesting....


Alan

Reading the article, I am not sure if he ahd any of these thoughts in mind, seems like he may have just been a drunk stumbling around with a gun.

But yeah, the timing is interesting also. With falling gas prices, halting 17% of our production DOWN by 95% if continues for a while will be crippling, we will feel it at the pump.

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Well, see, the road signs, they're not much of a challenge to me anymore, now matter how Schmidtfaced I get...I figured I need to hunt me some BIG game, ya know?

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Ah c'mon its only acres of pristine wilderness that are getting destroyed. Shit i'll prolly never set foot in Alaska. Actually in Colombia the ELN (leftist guerillas) bomb the Texaco pipelines 50-100 times a year for the past several years. Good thing for us them a-rab towel heads dont take to the cold real well, else them pipelines might be in some serious shiat.

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The judges that let this malicious criminal loose should also be brought to justice. Too bad some Cincinatti cops weren't there when the culprit ran. Based on his background, he was terrorist in his own way or at a minimum very evil. Evil must be eradicated. We must get the George Bush brigade up there and smoke 'em out. Well I guess they are busy so maybe if the CIA arms his three brothers with weapons and money, they can drive him out of the area. (Sorry, getting carried away.)

Suspect has long criminal history

Troopers say alcohol involved in shooting of pipeline

Bullet pierces pipeline

(Published: October 5, 2001)
Fairbanks -- Daniel Carson Lewis, charged with shooting a hole in the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, has an extensive criminal background, Alaska State Troopers said.

"He's got a rap sheet that shows him in and out of jail that reads like a book," Capt. Mike Stickler said of the 37-year-old Livengood man.

Lewis lived on the Elliott Highway, about a mile from the pipeline, in the small community of Livengood. Troopers said they have not yet determined a motive for Thursday's shooting, which caused the worst spill from the pipeline in its history.

"We do know that alcohol was a factor," said trooper spokesman Tim DeSpain. "It does not appear to be an act of terrorism."

In the past, Lewis has been charged with weapons violations and assaults, thefts, burglaries, larcenies and vehicle thefts, as well as drunken driving and making a false statement, according to troopers.

Trooper Sgt. Ron Wall said troopers were meeting with district attorneys today to determine if Lewis will be facing more charges in connection with the shooting.

Stickler said Lewis refused to give troopers any information during an interview after his arrest.

Lewis has three brothers. He and two of them are well known in Livengood as troublemakers, according to the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. Troopers said Randy Lewis witnessed the incident and cooperated with the investigation.

"There's all kinds of stories about them growing up here," said Roy Eldred, owner of the North Country Mercantile at 66 Mile Elliott Highway.

Eldred is one of 20 people scattered throughout Livengood, about 75 north of Fairbanks. Eldred said he was on the front porch of his store when he heard three loud bangs in the distance.

"I thought it was odd," he said. "I thought it might have been at one of the miners' place down the road."

The shooting is not the first time vandals and saboteurs have targeted the pipe. In February 1978, someone set off plastic explosives on the pipeline at Steel Creek near Fairbanks, spilling 16,000 barrels of oil. Authorities never made an arrest in the case.

In 1977, a dynamite explosion buckled but did not break the pipe.

In 1999, a Vancouver man was charged in a plot to blow up the pipeline in an attempt to drive up oil prices and reap a profit on oil futures.

But the incident is the first time a gunshot penetrated the half-inch steel on the pipeline. State hunting regulations prohibit the use of firearms within five miles of the pipeline. But Woolston said that bullets, possibly from stray rounds or even intentional shootings, have scarred the pipe dozens of times since it opened in 1977.

Most hunting rifles would not be capable of penetrating the pipeline, said Bob Shem, firearms examiner at the state crime lab. Most hunting in the Livengood area, including for moose, is closed.

But if fired at close range, a high-powered rifle such as those used for moose or bear hunting could penetrate the pipe, he said.

"It seems extremely unlikely you’d be able to perforate that with a handgun," he said

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Yea man, it is pretty rough...

The pics are horrible looking..

I was amazed to read how well protected/insulated the pipeline is...but apparently not enough.

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