The Oklahoma City Bombing And The Politics Of Terror Part 45

660. (**) This detective also said that the chief of the FBI's counterintelligence division masqueraded as a police officer and traveled to Florida to collect data on the their investigation.

661. ( Brazelton didn't return calls.

662. (*) Had it actually come from Mexican drug king-pin Juan Garcia Abrego, who is linked to the Cali Cartel, and had reportedly sent two bag-men up to Oklahoma City to finance the bombing?

663. (**) Kingman has also been called the "Golden Triangle" of Speed (Methamphetamine), and McVeigh had known Clark Volmer, a paraplegic drug dealer and loan shark in town. On October 19, six months to the day of the bombing, Gagan was directed by a man he describes as "Hizbollah" to take a bus from Las Vegas to Kingman, to deliver a large bag of money - estimated to be between $200,000 and $300,000 to an individual who was "militia looking in appearance."

664. ( McPeak hired McVeigh in 1993 to do security work at a local shelter. When his girlfriend was arrested in Las Vegas on a bad credit charge, Clark Vollmer, a paraplegic drug dealer in Kingman, helped bail her out. In February of '95, McPeak claims, Vollmer asked him to ferry some drugs. He refused. Shortly thereafter, an ANFO bomb exploded under a chair outside McPeak's home. When he went to Vollmer's house to confront him, he found Timothy McVeigh, along with another man he didn't recognize.

665. (494) "FBI Finds Possible Evidence in OKC Bombing, CNN, 7/20/95.

666. (495) Hugh Dellios, "Federal Marshals Arrest Chemist," Chicago Tribune, 5/13/95; Mark Schaffer, "Probe Nets 2nd Man in Oatman," Arizona Republic, 5/14/95, quoted in Keith, p. 52; Katherine Mauro, Oatman Mining Co., interview with author; Records of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

667. (496) Diane Sawyer, "Prime Time Live," 4/25/95.

668. (497) Mike Johnston, "Investigative Fact Finding Trip to Germany," 1995, copy in author's possession; Jonathan Vankin, Conspiracies, Cover-Ups & Crimes: From Dallas to Waco, (Lilburn, GA: Illuminit Press, 1996), p. 211.

669. (*) Skorzeny was at the nexus of the surviving elements of the n.a.z.i movement, and helped organize its tentacles after WWII.

670. (498) Johnston, Op. Cit.; Vankin, Op Cit., p. 226; Martin A. Lee and Kevin Coogan, "Killers on the Right: Inside Europe's Fascist Underground," Mother Jones, May, 1987.

671. (499) Der Speigel writer Martin Killian, interview with author. Libya also reportedly funded the Irish Republican Army.

672. (500) Johnston, Op. Cit.

673. (501) Mike Levine, interview with author.

674. (502) Tom Jarriel, ABC 20/20, January 19, 1996.

675. (503) Jeffrey A. Builta, "Extremist Groups," Office of International Criminal Justice, Chicago, date unknown. The connection is reportedly through Pakistani Brigadier General Imtiaz.

676. (504) Terrorist Group Profiles, Dudley Knox Library, Naval Postgraduate School, date unknown.

677. (505) Builta, Op Cit.

678. (*) The Bureau of Prisons had "no record" of Edward Flinton, eventhough he served time in federal prison. Usually this means the individual is under the "witness protection program."

679. (506) Kevin Flynn, "Romer, Norton Get Bomb Threats: CBI Informant's Reliability in Question; He Also Warned of Federal Building Blast," Rocky Mountain News, 08/12/95. Gagan said he met with Al Fuqra members on different occasions between October, 1995 and February 1996.

680. (507) Judge Lewis Babc.o.c.k and John Strader, interview with author. Gagan said he met with U.S. Marshal Jake Warner at Brooklyns restaurant on October 27, 1995. "In all the years that I've known [Gagan], he's never met with a pair of people in suits," said the manager in an interview with the author.

681. (*) Gagan said he saw Daniel with Omar and Ahmed in Mexico. On November 27, Gagan says he was instructed by his "Hizbollah" contact to rent a room at the La Vista Motel in Denver in preparation for another meeting. Gagan said his attempts to have the FBI stake out the room were ignored. The informant claims he learned of plans to bomb simultaneous targets in Phoenix and Denver on or about February 8, 1996 - the specific targets being the ATF office in the Mile High Center at 1700 Broadway in Denver, and the DEA/Customs office at 115 Inverness Drive in Englewood, Colorado.

682. (508) Hampton's alias was Abd al-Ras.h.i.+d Abdallah, and Gant's was Abd Ras.h.i.+d.

683. (*) A voice stress a.n.a.lysis run on the caller indicated he was telling the truth.

684. (*) This claim was allegedly based on DNA tests and footprint matches.

685. (509) Jim Killackey, "Leg Confirmed as 169th Victim's," Daily Oklahoman, date unknown; "Leg Lost in Blast Still a Mystery," Dallas Morning News, 10/19/95; "Oklahoma Bomb Victim Exhumed," 3/15/96, a.s.sociated Press; Gary Tuchman, "Does severed leg prove McVeigh's innocence?," CNN, 8/7/95.

686. (510) William Jasper, interview with author. Mahon stated this to Jasper on October 1, 1996, 687. (511) "Rise of HizbAllah International," Defense & Foreign Affairs, 8/31/96.

688. (512) FBI 302 statement of Mohammad Abdul Haggag, quoted in Mylroie, Op Cit.

689. (513) Timothy McVeigh's Writ of Mandamus, 3/25/96, copy in author's possession, also quoted in William Jasper, " Defense Cits Mideast Connection," The New American, 5/12/97.

690. (514) Phillips, Op Cite.

691. (515) She said that her father had also met Ya.s.ser Afafat, and had his photograph on his wall.

692. (*) Michele also said she overheard her father talk about approaching neo-n.a.z.is through the National Socialist Party. Did Hirram Torres try to contact National Socialist leader Gary Lauck? Apparently, Stra.s.smeir was on to Lauck, as he was arrested on his way to Denmark. Stra.s.smeir had learned about Lauck's travel plans from WAR leader Dennis Mahon, a friend of Brescia and Stra.s.smeir, who, as mentioned previously, was being paid by the Iraqis.

693. (516) Keith, Op Cit., p. 151.

694. (**) We ran Torres' tapes through a voice stress a.n.a.lyzer. They indicated she was being truthful.

695. (517) There were no purges in the Communist intelligence services in the former Soviet Union [FSU]. Doc.u.ments and records, as General Sejna points out, were transferred from Eastern Europe to Moscow. Those who ran the KGB still run the SVR, and a dozen other services in Russia and the FSU.

696. (518) Michael Hedges, "Senate Resolution Asks Clinton to Block Resettlement of Iraqis," Was.h.i.+ngton Times, 9/14/93; "Iraq: Admission of Refugees into the United States," Congressional Research Service Report for Congress, Library of Congress, 10/28/93; Letter from Senator David Boren to Craig Roberts, 3/14/94, copy in author's possession; Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the U.K., Australia, Pakistan, and Syria absorbed the remaining refugees.

697. (*) The Federal Government allocated $6,000 per refugee for resettlement purposes, at the same time that veterans who suffered from Gulf War illness were being ignored by the Veterans Administration.

698. (519) Ibid.

699. (*) On December 4, 1981, President Reagan issued an Executive Order permitting the CIA to conduct covert operations inside this country. Not that they didn't already.

700. (*) Like Andreas Stra.s.smeir, Hussaini was unable to come up with his INS records. Khalid claimed they were stolen by KFOR, a claim that Jayna Davis just laughed at.

701. (*) The government's refusal to admit the terrorist missile shoot-down of TWA flight 800 may very well have as its basis the need to maintain the ability of the crucial airline industry to continue functioning.

702. (*) As Was.h.i.+ngton insider journalist Sara McClendon told me, "Bush has a hold on the Clinton administration, and I don't know what it is.... George Bush starts these things... he's pus.h.i.+ng Mena, Arkansas off on Clinton.... Most of the people don't know that Bush is manipulating the administration."

703. (520) McVeigh was indicted on 11 counts: conspiracy to use a bomb to destroy the Federal Building, detonating the bomb, destroying a federal building, and murdering eight federal law enforcement agents.

704. (521) Brandon M. Stickney, All American Monster: The Unauthorized Biography of Timothy McVeigh (New York, NY: Prometheus Books, 1996), p. 177; "Richard Serrano, "Clues Sought in Details from McVeigh's Arrest," Los Angeles Times, 9/10/95, quoted in Armstrong, Op Cit. p. 118.

705. (*) McVeigh was taken over to Hanger's patrol car, where he heard radio broadcasts about the bombing, and casually chit-chated with Officer Hanger. ( When he arrived at the jailhouse, he simply asked, "when's chow"?

706. (522 Col. David Hackworth and Peter Anninn, j"And We're Going to Go to Trial," Newsweek, 7/3/95.

707. (523) Richard A. Serrano, "Clues Sought in Details from McVeigh's Arrest," 9/10/95, quoted in Ibid.

708. (524) Application and Affidavit FBI Special Agent Henry C. Gibbons.

709. (525) Elizabeth Gleick, "Who Are They?" Time, 5/1/95.

710. (526) New York Times, 4/22/95.

711. (*) For that matter, why would he rent an easily traceable truck, apply for jobs at the Federal Building using his real name, allow himself to be filmed by numerous security cameras, stop to ask directions minutes before the bombing, hang around two blocks from the crime scene minutes after the blast, speed away without a license plate, and fail to shoot the cop who stopped him?

712. (527) United States v. Timothy James McVeigh, direct testimony of FBI Agent James Elliott, 4/28/97. The complete confidential vehicle identification number was 1FDNF72J4PVA26077.

713. (*) The author saw a close-up videotape of the axle taken by Deputy Sheriff Melvin Sumter, which clearly shows the serial number on the differential housing, which is part of the rear axle a.s.sembly. It was not, as some amateur researchers claimed, on the axle itself.

714. (528) FBI FD-383 (FBI Facial Identification Fact Sheet) of Tom Kessinger, dated 4/20/95, copy in author's possession. Tim Kelsey, "The Oklahoma Suspect Awaits Day of Reckoning," London Sunday Times, 4/21/96.

715. (529) Cash, Op Cit.

716. (530) Edward Zehr, "The McVeigh Trial Gets Underway: Mainstream Media Miss The Real Story," Was.h.i.+ngton Weekly, 5/5/97.

717. (*) Elliott stated in his FBI 302 that a second man accompanied "Kling" on April 17, and thought he saw "fair size" light blue sedan.

718. (*) In fact, Elliott testified that he met with the prosecution for two hours, several days prior to the his appearance at trial.

719. (531) Affidavit of Richard Renya, July 5, 1995 720. (532) Newsweek reporter, confidential interview with author.

721. (*) An anonymous informant who contacted State Representative Charles Key several times stated, "...the ATF regularly uses leased Ryder trucks to move ordinance. And you know it's against ICC regulation and everything but he said they secretly do it." Investigator Craig Roberts said the Army also has "open contracts" with Ryder.

722. (533) "Phone Records Link Suspects Before Blast," Daily Oklahoman, 5/3/96.

723. (534) Testimony of OPUS Telecom expert John Kane, U.S. v. McVeigh.

724. (535) Kevin Flynn, "Computer Records Show Calls Made But Aren't Clear Who Made Them," Rocky Mountain News, date unknown. "Prosecutors have pressured OPUS representatives not to discuss this issue with the News, even asking them not to verify how their computer systems work, the employees said."

725. (536) Steve Wilmsen, "Records Point to John Doe 2," Denver Post, date unknown; Steven K. Paulson, a.s.sociated Press, 2/15/97. In a later ruling, Judge Matsch stated that Manning denied prosecutors did anything wrong to elicit his testimony.

726. (537) J.D. Cash, interview with James Sargeant, Media Bypa.s.s, July, 1996.

727. (538) Barbara Whittenberg, interview with author.

728. (*) Interestingly, McGown did not state on his FBI 302 who was driving the truck on April 16, when his mother had asked him to request that the driver move it.

729. (539) Investigation on 5/7/95 at Junction City, Kansas File # 174A-OC-56120-D-815 by SA Mark M. Bouton -WSA, date dictated 5/8/95.

730. (540) Robert Vito, "Oklahoma Bombing Investigators. .h.i.t Troublesome Snags," CNN, 11/24/95.

731. (541) Newsweek reporter, confidential interview with author.

732. (542) Hoppy Heidelberg, Interview with author.

733. (543) Joseph Vinduska and Dennis Euwer are two witnesses who saw the truck at the lake on the 18th.

734. (544) Steve Wilmsen and Mark Eddy, "Who bombed the Murrah Building?" Denver Post, date unknown.

735. (545) Jack Douglas Jr. "Bomb link to lake reportedly sc.r.a.pped, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3/25/97.

736. (546) Evan Thomas, "This Doesn't Happen Here," Newsweek, 5/1/95; U.S. v. McVeigh.

737. (547) U.S. v. James Douglas Nichols and Terry Nichols, Criminal Complaint, statements of FBI Special Agent Patrick Wease.

738. (548) "Some Witnesses Leery Of Bombing Grand Jury," Daily Oklahoman, 8/10/97; Gary Antene, interview with author.

739. (549) U.S. v. McVeigh, testimony of Richard Chambers.

740. (550) "FBI Investigates Possible McVeigh Link to Fuel Buy," Rocky Mountain News, 4/11/97.

741. (*) However, the indictment named Libyan Abdel Ba.s.set Ali al-Megrahi as the customer. Authorities' second witness, Abdu Maged Jiacha, a Libyan intelligence officer who defected to the U.S., was put into the Federal Witness Protection Program and given a $4 million dollar reward for his testimony against Megrahi.

742. (551) Ed Hueske, interview with author.

743. (552) Frank s.h.i.+ller and Max Courtney, interviews with author.

744. (553) Lou Kilzer and Kevin Flynn, "Were Feds Warned Before OKC Bomb Built?" Rocky Mountain News, 2/6/97.

745. (554) Testimony of Kevin Nicholas, U.S. v. McVeigh.

746. (555) Padilla and Delpit, Op Cit., p. 209; David Johnson, "Agents in Kansas Hunt for Bomb Factory as Sense of Frustration Begins to Build," New York Times, 4/30/95, quoted in Keith, p. 37.

747. (556) James. D. Nichols, Freedom's End: Conspiracy in Oklahoma, self published, 1997, p. 164.

748. (557) "McVeigh's Fingerprints Not on Key Items," CNN, 5/15/97.

749. (*) As the a.s.sociated Press recently reported, police in upstate New York had been falsifying evidence, including fingerprints, for years.

750. (558) Jim Garrison, On The Trial of the a.s.sa.s.sins (New York, NY: Warner Books, 1988), p. 113.

751. (559) Whitehurst contended the problems in the FBI's lab had been occurring since at least 1989.

752. (560) David Johnston and Andrew C. Revkin, "Report Finds FBI Lab Slipping From Pinnacle of Crime Fighting," New York Times, 1/29/97.

753. (561) "Report: FBI Lab Botched Oklahoma Bombing Evidence," CNN, 3/22/97.

754. (*) As Whitehurst stated: "...Mr. Thurman, in my estimation does intentionally misrepresent evidence and is, absolutely, without a doubt, beyond any possible other explanation's grasp, result oriented. He wants the answer that will prove guilt...."

755. (**) Whitehurst testified that he was told not to provide any information or evidence, such as alternate theories to the urea-nitrate theory, that could be used by the defense to challenge the prosecutors' hypothesis of guilt in the World Trade Center case. (Ryan Ross, "Blasting the FBI," Digital City Denver, 1997) 756. (562) John Kelly, "FBI: McVeigh Contradictions," Uncla.s.sified, date unknown; Memorandum to All U.S. Attorneys from John Keeney, Acting a.s.sistant Attorney General, 1/4/96, copy in author's possession; "Outside Experts to Review FBI Crime Lab," Wall Street Journal, 9/19/95; "Team to Investigate FBI Chemist's Bias Claims," a.s.sociated Press, date unknown; Pierre Thomas, "FBI Lab Audit Finds Some Discrepancies," Was.h.i.+ngton Post, 9/15/95.

757. (**) "Mr. Williams... rewrote my reports in an unauthorized rewriting, issued these reports, unauthorized, changes being in them, and changed the meaning of the reports I think, without realizing it," Whitehurst later testified.

758. (563) Memorandum to Scientific a.n.a.lysis Chief James Kearny, copy in author's possession, date unknown.

759. (564) Garrison, Op Cit., P. 116.

760. (565) "FBI Furor,"Uncla.s.sified, Summer, 1997.

761. (566) Ryan Ross, "Blasting the FBI," Digital City Denver, 1997.

762. (567) Nolan Clay, "McVeigh Items Seized From Home, Brief Says," Daily Oklahoman, 6/11/96; U.S. v. McVeigh, testimony of Special Agent Steven Burmeister.