The U.S. State Department is investigating whether national security was threatened after someone broke into a secure American military procurement agency on Bank St. last week and ransacked offices before torching the place.
The RCMP and Ottawa police are also investigating the Sept. 15 arson at 275 Bank St.
This is the story from last Saturday, and to be honest, I didn't think much about it at the time. The going theory was that it was likely corporate espionage related or perhaps it was to embarrass the US and Canadian governments on the eve of their elections.
The RCMP are now involved in the investigation as well.
However, this no longer seems the case. On the way into work today it was reported that there was another fire at the same office, and this time it was more severe.
Arson investigators have been notified after firefighters battled the second suspicious blaze at a four-storey Bank Street commercial building in two weeks.
Crews were called to the building at about 5:30 a.m. Wednesday. Officials said the fire was limited to the fourth floor and was under control within a few hours.
To me, this is starting to sound a bit more like terrorism now. I don't necessarily mean radical Muslims terrorists, but domestic terrorism from anarchists.
Two fires within a few weeks, both that smack of arson seem to indicate something a little more diabolical then people looking to embarrass the government or steal some trade secrets.
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