FBI discounts new claim in Oklahoma City
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Thu May 5, 2005 18:13
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FBI discounts new claim in Oklahoma City blast
By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY Thu May 5, 6:15 AM ET
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The FBI said Wednesday it will not reopen its investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing based on alleged statements from convicted accomplice Terry Nichols that a third man was involved in the 1995 attack
AP Photo: Convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols is led from the Pittsburg County Courthouse in...
Nichols, who conspired with
Timothy McVeigh in bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, accused Arkansas gun collector Roger Moore of providing some explosives for the assault, according to a letter Nichols allegedly sent to a woman whose two grandchildren were killed in the blast.
Moore said Nichols' allegations were "completely false."
"What would you do if you were in solitary confinement for the rest of your life?" Moore said, referring to Nichols. "He's making stuff up. What he claims I did is completely false. I never had any explosives."
Until the Sept. 11 attacks, the Oklahoma bombing, which killed 168 people, was the largest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza said the bureau was "standing by" its original investigation.
"There is absolutely no credible evidence tying anyone other than Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols to the (bomb) plot. We have no new information that changes that view," Lanza said, referring to the letter and the recent discovery of explosives buried under Nichols' former Kansas home.
Contents of the April 18 letter, addressed to Kathy Sanders, were first disclosed by the Los Angeles Times. On Wednesday, Sanders' literary agent, Jim Baird, provided the letter to USA TODAY. Sanders has been corresponding with Nichols as part of her personal investigation of the attack.
In his letter, dated on the eve of the bombing's 10th anniversary, Nichols said Moore "provided McVeigh with the binary explosives ... used in the OKC bombing."
Nichols also said that Moore was the source of the explosives found under Nichols' former home in Herington, Kan., in March.
The FBI was tipped to the hidden explosives through another inmate housed at a Colorado federal prison where Nichols is serving two life sentences without the possibility of parole.
The material recovered from the Kansas property is being analyzed at the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Va. But Lanza said the explosives were similar to the material taken in a Kansas quarry robbery in 1994. McVeigh and Nichols were later linked to the robbery, which prosecutors said produced the explosives used in the bombing.
The FBI said that Nichols and McVeigh were involved in a robbery at Moore's Arkansas home where about $60,000 in weapons, gold coins and other items were taken. McVeigh, who was executed in 2001 after his conviction, and Nichols sold many of the items to finance the bombing, the government alleged.
According to the government's case, Moore and McVeigh were acquaintances and McVeigh spent time at Moore's home.
"I felt the record should be set straight," Nichols wrote in the letter to Sanders. "The Fed. Govt. knows of Roger Moore's corrupt activities and they are protecting him and covering up his involvement with McVeigh and the OKC bombing."
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (news, bio, voting record), R-Calif., who is reviewing the case, said he has asked for a meeting with Nichols in prison to discuss his claims. He also said he is considering calling for a congressional hearing.
"I have a sense everything wasn't done and questions weren't answered 10 years ago," Rohrabacher said. "I need to go and see Terry Nichols."
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RE:
Oklahoma City Bomber Nichols Says a 3rd Man Took Part in Plot
By Richard A. Serrano
Times Staff Writer
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=83222;search_term=OKC+BOMBING;show_parent=1
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Iran-Contra Connections to the OKC Bombing's Third Man —Alex Constantine
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=149495;article=83232;title=APFN
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Former FBI Agent Indicted
WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News Wed, 04 May 2005 4:40 PM PDT
Former FBI agent John Connolly, who starred in the Bureau's war against fugitive mobster James "Whitey Bulger," was indicted Wednesday on first-degree murder charges.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kmbc/20050504/lo_WCVB/2703325
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Oklahoma Bombing Investigation Committee Home Page
Welcome to the Official Website of the Oklahoma Bombing Investigation Committee.
To find the truth about the fatal attack in Oklahoma City April 19th.
HTTP://www.okcbombing.org/
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By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY Thu May 5, 6:15 AM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20050505/ts_usatoday/fbidiscountsnewclaiminoklahomacityblast
The FBI said Wednesday it will not reopen its investigation of the Oklahoma City bombing based on alleged statements from convicted accomplice Terry Nichols that a third man was involved in the 1995 attack
AP Photo: Convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols is led from the Pittsburg County Courthouse in...
Nichols, who conspired with
Timothy McVeigh in bombing the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, accused Arkansas gun collector Roger Moore of providing some explosives for the assault, according to a letter Nichols allegedly sent to a woman whose two grandchildren were killed in the blast.
Moore said Nichols' allegations were "completely false."
"What would you do if you were in solitary confinement for the rest of your life?" Moore said, referring to Nichols. "He's making stuff up. What he claims I did is completely false. I never had any explosives."
Until the Sept. 11 attacks, the Oklahoma bombing, which killed 168 people, was the largest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza said the bureau was "standing by" its original investigation.
"There is absolutely no credible evidence tying anyone other than Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols to the (bomb) plot. We have no new information that changes that view," Lanza said, referring to the letter and the recent discovery of explosives buried under Nichols' former Kansas home.
Contents of the April 18 letter, addressed to Kathy Sanders, were first disclosed by the Los Angeles Times. On Wednesday, Sanders' literary agent, Jim Baird, provided the letter to USA TODAY. Sanders has been corresponding with Nichols as part of her personal investigation of the attack.
In his letter, dated on the eve of the bombing's 10th anniversary, Nichols said Moore "provided McVeigh with the binary explosives ... used in the OKC bombing."
Nichols also said that Moore was the source of the explosives found under Nichols' former home in Herington, Kan., in March.
The FBI was tipped to the hidden explosives through another inmate housed at a Colorado federal prison where Nichols is serving two life sentences without the possibility of parole.
The material recovered from the Kansas property is being analyzed at the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Va. But Lanza said the explosives were similar to the material taken in a Kansas quarry robbery in 1994. McVeigh and Nichols were later linked to the robbery, which prosecutors said produced the explosives used in the bombing.
The FBI said that Nichols and McVeigh were involved in a robbery at Moore's Arkansas home where about $60,000 in weapons, gold coins and other items were taken. McVeigh, who was executed in 2001 after his conviction, and Nichols sold many of the items to finance the bombing, the government alleged.
According to the government's case, Moore and McVeigh were acquaintances and McVeigh spent time at Moore's home.
"I felt the record should be set straight," Nichols wrote in the letter to Sanders. "The Fed. Govt. knows of Roger Moore's corrupt activities and they are protecting him and covering up his involvement with McVeigh and the OKC bombing."
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (news, bio, voting record), R-Calif., who is reviewing the case, said he has asked for a meeting with Nichols in prison to discuss his claims. He also said he is considering calling for a congressional hearing.
"I have a sense everything wasn't done and questions weren't answered 10 years ago," Rohrabacher said. "I need to go and see Terry Nichols."
================
RE:
Oklahoma City Bomber Nichols Says a 3rd Man Took Part in Plot
By Richard A. Serrano
Times Staff Writer
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?id=149495;article=83222;search_term=OKC+BOMBING;show_parent=1
==========================
Iran-Contra Connections to the OKC Bombing's Third Man —Alex Constantine
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=149495;article=83232;title=APFN
=====================
Former FBI Agent Indicted
WCVB TheBostonChannel.com via Yahoo! News Wed, 04 May 2005 4:40 PM PDT
Former FBI agent John Connolly, who starred in the Bureau's war against fugitive mobster James "Whitey Bulger," was indicted Wednesday on first-degree murder charges.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kmbc/20050504/lo_WCVB/2703325
============================
Oklahoma Bombing Investigation Committee Home Page
Welcome to the Official Website of the Oklahoma Bombing Investigation Committee.
To find the truth about the fatal attack in Oklahoma City April 19th.
HTTP://www.okcbombing.org/
==========================
Nichols claims third person involved in OKC bombing
KBSD, KS - 16 hours ago
By Cindy Klose. Terry Nichols claims a third person was involved in the Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people. And he says ...
Letter From Nichols Says More Were Behind OKC Bombing Plot Channel Oklahoma.com
FBI Won't Re-Investigate OKC Bombing WIBW
Nichols: Man helped with OKC bombing WFAA (subscription)
WMUR Channel.com - All Headline News -
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