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| 2004-03-30 |
| Jayna and Laurie will deserve Medals of Freedom for this and Bubbaâs legacy will be Mudd and hopefully Evitaâs too! Via LGF: ... One of the more provocative lines of inquiry over the past decade has been whether the plot included Middle Eastern terrorists. In the hours immediately after the blast, law enforcement publicly focused on that possibility. But the arrest of McVeigh, within hours of the bombing, and Nichols, who turned himself in two days later, wiped that theory from the national consciousness. Over the years, the possibility of a larger conspiracy has piqued the interest of only a handful of people with the power to pursue the questions, including a member or two of Congress. WHAT ABOUT THE TAPE, ARLEN????????????? Suspicion that the bombing involves a Middle Eastern connection begins with an all-points bulletin issued by the FBI three hours after the explosion for a truck like one stolen from the blue-collar Oklahoman. It was a brown Chevy pickup, with tinted windows, seen speeding away from the area, with two Middle Easternâlooking men inside. Later that day, the FBI canceled the alert, and has never said why. When Timothy McVeigh, a disillusioned Gulf War vet, was arrested and charged on April 21, questions about that mysterious brown truck and its Arab-looking occupants faded away. One of the first journalists to air reports on the aborted FBI alert was Jayna Davis of KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City. Her TV stories generated confidential phone tips about a group of local Iraqis, including one who seemed to match an FBI profile sketch of John Doe No. 2. Davis collected interviews, witness statements and stacks of documents suggesting that the conspiracy went beyond McVeigh and Nichols. She chronicles her investigation and the FBIâs probe in her book, The Third Terrorist, due out in mid-April. SNIP A resident of the complex where the pickup was dumped, speaking confidentially, says he saw the truck parked at the complex a week after the bombing. His wife got a close look at the driver, on April 25. He says its âugly yellow colorâ caught his eye. Ellis, he adds, came to the complex looking for witnesses. âHe showed me a picture of the pickup and asked if heâd seen it. I told him yes,â says this resident. âEllis then told me, âRemember that APB the day of the bombing, with two Middle Easternâlooking men in it? Well, this is the truck.ââ His wife told Ellis she remembered the driver because he glared at her. She said he was âclean-shaven, with an olive complexion, dark wavy hair, broad shoulders, 28 to 34 years old, and of Middle Eastern descent.â The agent re-interviewed them a few days later. âAgain,â according to the resident, âhe said, âThis is the brown pickup from the APB. It had no license plate, no VIN numbers, and was painted yellow.â He also told us it was fingerprinted by the FBI.â His wife put together a crude drawing of the driver that Ellis picked up. The agent then refused to take their phone calls. âI never heard from him again,â says the husband. Read the rest |
| Posted by:Anonymous2u |
| #1 I've always questioned why McVeigh was executed so quickly, almost as if to put the story to death with him. I don't recall any others being convicted, sentenced, appealed, denied, etc. as fast as his was...not complaining, just thought it unusual. How many other fed convictions will happen as fast? DC snipers? bet not..... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-03-30 4:02:05 PM |