Others Unknown: Timothy Mcveigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing Conspiracy

360 Pages·1998·48.872 MB·English

by  Stephen Jones, Peter Israel

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N APRIL 19, 1995, in dowiffiiwn Oklahoma City,
a bomb went off outside the Alfred P. Murrah
Federal Building. One hundred and sixty-eight
people, many of them children, were killed, and
hundreds of others were wounded. was the worst case
a It
of domestic terrorism in the history oif the United States.
Within hours, Timothy Jarr^s McV^eigh was arrested.
Within a few days, Terry Lynn Nichols was also in custody.
The case against them, as presented by the United States
government, was uncomplicated, black and white in tone,
and severely limited in foc^. It pointed the finger at these
two men and these two men only. It was all so simple.
Too simple.
In a book that will challenge not only what America
thinks about the bombing, but what thinks about
it its
own
Federal government, Stephen Jones, chief defense
counsel during the McVeigh trial, reveals what really hap-
pened, not just on that terrible April morning, but before
and
after.
Others Unknown reveals:
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evidence that the Oklahoma City bombing plot could
not have been exclusively the work of two men—any
two men;
evidence that the United States government may
have had prior knowledge about the attack and failed
to act on it—including confidential statements from
an ATF informant who told them in advance about
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the attack and an anonymous, phoned warning prior i
to the blast; i
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evidence that from the moment the bomb exploded
the United States government disregarded informa-
tion that would have weakened thcur cases against
Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh;
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possible links between Islamic terrorist Osama bin
D
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Laden the leading suspect in the recent bombings
of the American Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania—
1 and Terry Nichols;
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Copyright 1998 by StephenJones.
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Libraiy ofCo?ig/rss Cataloghig-in-Publication Data
Jones, Stephen, 1940-
(3thers unknown : the Oklaho—ma City bombing case and conspiracy /
Stephen Jones and Peter Israel. 1st ed.
cm.
p.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-891620-07-X (HC)
McVeigh, Timothy—
1 . Trials, litigation, etc. 2. Nichols, Terry,
—Trials, litigation, etc. 3. Oklahoma City Federal
Building Bombing, Oklahoma City, Okla., 1995. 4. Bombing
investigation—Oklahoma—Oklahoma City. 5. Bombings—Oklahoma—
Oklahoma
City. I. Israel, Peter, 1933- II. Title.
.
KF224.039J66 1998
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This book is dedicated to:
The District Coun ofthe State ofOklahoirm^ Founh Judicial District^
the Hojiorable Ray Dean Linder, ChiefJudge,
The United States District Connfor the Westem Distiict ofOklahoma,
the Honorable David L. Russell, ChiefJudge,
and
The United States District Counfor the Distiict ofColorado,
the Honorable Richard Matsch, ChiefJudge and Presiding,
May it please the Coun.