FBI Checks Bomb Report, Finds Pumpkin

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October 4, 2007 - 4:43pm

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - The FBI checked out a report of an atomic bomb in
Tacoma and found it had turned into a pumpkin. The Port of Tacoma called the
FBI after the deputy director received a phone message Sept. 21 from a port
commission candidate, Bill Casper. He said he knew how to make an atomic
bomb that could elude security devices.

An FBI spokeswoman in Seattle, Robbie Burroughs, says four agents went to
Casper's office Sept. 26 to question him. He says he spent an hour with the
agents showing them a pumpkin and another squash similar in size to pieces
of the Hiroshima bomb. Burroughs says the agents left satisfied it wasn't
dangerous.

Casper's top issue as a candidate is preventing atomic material from being
smuggled into the port, and he says he expected his research would trigger
scrutiny.

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