Federal Inmate Says He Will Name Bombing Conspirators [About Others Unknown In Nichols Trial]

Channel 5 Oklahoma ^ | 1/28/04 | J.M. Berger

[JohnBerger]

Federal Inmate Says He Will Name Bombing Conspirators

POSTED: 3:32 PM CST January 28, 2004

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A federal inmate who is expected to testify at bombing conspirator Terry Nichols' murder trial will name other suspects in the Oklahoma City bombing, according to a published report.

Peter K. Langan Jr., serving a life prison sentence for bank robbery and weapons violations, told the McCurtain Daily Gazette for a copyright story Wednesday that he would tie several men to the bombing conspiracy.

Langan, who led a gang of neo-Nazis that robbed at least 22 banks in seven Midwestern states, said he will also tie the suspects to at least one other crime in which the government alleges Nichols was involved.

Nichols, convicted of federal bombing charges and sentenced to life in prison, is charged with 161 counts of first-degree murder in Oklahoma for the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Nichols' attorney Brian Hermanson has consistently refused to comment on the case, citing a judge's gag order.

In a telephone interview from a federal facility in Jonesville, Va., Langan told the newspaper he will tie bombing coconspirator Timothy McVeigh and the bomb plot to several men associated with Elohim City, a white supremacist enclave in eastern Oklahoma.

ATF informant Carol E. Howe testified at Nichols' federal trial in Denver that she saw McVeigh walking with one of the men at Elohim City before the bombing.

Howe has also disclosed conversations she says she participated in where two of the men discussed plans to attack federal installations in Oklahoma.

The government has said it investigated connections between McVeigh and persons in Langan's group but linked only Nichols and McVeigh to the Oklahoma City bombing.

McVeigh was convicted of federal bombing charges and sentenced to death. He was executed in 2001.

Langan, who met with an attorney for Nichols on Tuesday, is also expected to testify that blasting caps and other evidence seized by the FBI after gang members were arrested would link elements of the ARA to the Oklahoma City bombing as well as a gun robbery in November 1994 near Hot Springs, Ark.

The FBI has alleged that Nichols robbed gun collector Roger Moore to help finance the bomb plot. Langan is expected to testify that members of his gang committed the robbery, not Nichols.

[JohnBerger]

Big news, folks...

[JohnBerger]

Ping (with a capital P)

[Poohbah]

Of course, this won't actually help Nichols' case any.

[JohnBerger]

It might help Nichols stay out of the death chamber.

Original story here:

http://www.mccurtain.com/

[cripplecreek]

while the left has allways been thrilled to have caught themselves a big rightwing fish in mcviegh, ive allways said there was a lot more to this. i fully believe mcviegh was guilty but so were many others who may not be as far right as the left would like to think.

after reading charles keyes final report it only deepened my conviction that something really nasty went on here.

[Poohbah]

It might help Nichols stay out of the death chamber.

Did you know that if you put a little hat on a snowball, it will take longer to melt and evaporate in Hell?

Seriously, this guy's going to the death chamber. He was up to his neck in the bomb, and it's 161 counts of Murder One.

[JohnBerger]

If Langan's testimony specifies that Nichols didn't help build the bomb (which now appears extremely likely), it makes for a very, very high possibility that a death sentence will stick. Fortier only got 12 years, after all.

Furthermore, there's evidence on the books to suggest the FBI deliberately quashed the investigation of Elohim City, which means the evidence already gathered against Nichols becomes seriously suspect.

Whether it works or not, that's the angle the legal team is taking. It's not hard to see why.

JMB

[Nita Nupress]

You meant to say "will NOT stick," right?

[Lancey Howard]

ping

[Lael]

Seriously, this guy's going to the death chamber. He was up to his neck in the bomb, and it's 161 counts of Murder One.

Don't bet the Farm on that...In Nichol's first trial, the first Jury vote was 10-2 to ACQUIT on All Charges.

Seems when the Jury heard Carol Howe testify as to her role as a FEDGOV informant, jurors smelled a RAT!!

Now, if Elohim City is involved, whose leader was a PAID FEDGOV informant...then you can assume the FEDGOV lied about EVERYTHING!!!

Reasonable Doubt, you know.

After all, the FEDGOV insisted that McVeigh and Nichols ACTED ALONE!!

[JoeFromSidney]

What are the odds he'll live to testify? Too much chance of an "accident" or a "medical emergency" while he's in custody.

[JohnBerger]

Oops, yes....

JMB

[JohnBerger]

It's pretty late in the game for Langan to vanish... It's not like they couldn't have seen this coming. If something happened to Langan at this point, it would mean a mistrial for Nichols in Oklahoma and probably a new federal trial too. And a big, big mess for everyone...

jmb

[Poohbah]

If something happened to Langan at this point, it would mean a mistrial for Nichols in Oklahoma and probably a new federal trial too.

What's your reasoning behind this claim?

[thackney]

Those wide keys near the bottom of each side of your keyboard are used to create capital letters. If you care enough about sharing your ideas/opinions with others, how about taking the extremely little effort to make them legible.

Sorry for the gripping, just saw it one too many times today.
-peace

[tubebender]

Bump...

[cripplecreek]

ITS ALL RIGHT, I'M JUST LAZY.

[meenie]

If the defense will be allowed to go full out, there is a Ms. Davis, investigative reporter for the local television station, that has more troubling information than Ms. Howe. This case has been a problem for the FBI from the start. Too much evidence suppressed in court and no explanation why.

[Dog Gone]

would link elements of the ARA to the Oklahoma City bombing

What is the ARA?