Did the FBI Direct the Oklahoma City Bombing?
That's what Terry Nichols says in a new affidavit filed in Utah that accuses a high-level FBI official of directing Timothy McVeigh in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Nichols was the only other conspirator convicted in the bombing. McVeigh suffered death by injection for his involvement while Nichols is serving a life sentence.
According to a story by The Salt Lake Tribune, there are documents that support Nichol's allegations, but they are sealed to protect personal information. Nichols had earlier reached out in 2004 to then Attorney General, John Ashcroft, that he had information to help identify other parties involved in the bombing. Ashcroft never replied to Nichols.
Nichols believes that McVeigh had help building the bomb that killed 168 men, women, and children on April, 19 1995. Nichols said the bomb "displayed a level of expertise and sophistication" that exceeded either of their abilities.
A month after the bombing President Clinton put forward the Counterterrorism Initiative which bears a striking resemblence to the Patriot Act of 2001.
According to a story by The Salt Lake Tribune, there are documents that support Nichol's allegations, but they are sealed to protect personal information. Nichols had earlier reached out in 2004 to then Attorney General, John Ashcroft, that he had information to help identify other parties involved in the bombing. Ashcroft never replied to Nichols.
Nichols believes that McVeigh had help building the bomb that killed 168 men, women, and children on April, 19 1995. Nichols said the bomb "displayed a level of expertise and sophistication" that exceeded either of their abilities.
A month after the bombing President Clinton put forward the Counterterrorism Initiative which bears a striking resemblence to the Patriot Act of 2001.
