Jurors Hear Evidence of John Doe No. 2 at Nichols' Murder Trial

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) - Defense attorneys for Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols shifted the focus of his murder trial to John Doe No. 2 as they began presenting their case.

Defense attorneys questioned six witnesses Thursday on an issue that is key to Nichols' defense, that McVeigh had contact with people other than Nichols in the final days before the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building.

Sketches bearing the image of John Doe No. 2, a muscular, dark-skinned suspect who does not resemble Nichols, were flashed across television monitors during testimony.

The defense alleges McVeigh received substantial help from others in planning the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and that Nichols was set up to take the blame. The blast killed 168 people and injured more than 500 others.

That refusal smacks of a very 'high' order (Reno?) to ignore vital facts in an investigation.

Dick Morris says that Reno was a figurehead and that Jamie Gorelick was running the place. (OK, his predictions aren't very good but he DOES know what went on the Clinton WH.) Gorelick's memo suffocated many investigations and she personally intervened to shut down some of them.

I hope this comes to a mighty fruition and our nation realizes exactly how klinton ignored the security of the United States of America

I don't think he (and she) ignored our security; I think they systematically dismantled it. Remember Gary Aldrich's Unlimited Access. He figured they did it to protect the many druggies among the little groupies that were the Clinton administration.

I always thought that nobody would risk compromising a whole presidency over a bunch of drugged up kids. OTOH the drug issue went way beyond the users. Don't forget the Dan Lasater connection.

IMO there was always a plan in place to compromise security of all types because the Clintons intended to do things that would not bear the light of day. The only question in my mind was whether it was all for the purpose of covering up money grubbing scams or if it was something much worse than that...

I realize you'll all think I'm nuts, but from the beginning I felt that Clinton, himself, had something to do with the OKC bombing. He needed a boost then to get himself re-elected and what an opportunity to look like such a caring guy! He WOULD stoop to any low to get his way! How do you think both he and Hillary KNEW he'd be elected to begin with!?! They are ruthless!

This guy?

Born Timothy J. Winter in 1960, Abdal Hakim studied at the prestigious Westminster School in London, UK and later at the University of Cambridge, where he graduated with first class honours in Arabic in 1983. He then lived in Cairo for three years, studying Islam under traditional teachers at Al-Azhar, one of the oldest universities in the world. He went on to reside for three years in Jeddah, where he administered a commercial translation office and maintained close contact with Habib Ahmad Mashhur al-Haddad and other ulama from Hadramaut, Yemen.

In 1989, Sheikh Abdal Hakim returned to England and spent two years at the University of London learning Turkish and Farsi. Since 1992 he has been a doctoral student at Oxford University, specializing in the religious life of the early Ottoman Empire. In 1996, he was appointed University Lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge.

Sheikh Abdal Hakim is the translator of a number of works, including two volumes from Imam al-Ghazali Ihya Ulum al-Din. He gives durus and halaqas from time to time and taught the works of Imam al-Ghazali at the Winter 1995 Deen Intensive Program in New Haven, CT. He appears frequently on BBC Radio and writes occasionally for a number of publications including The Independent and Q-News International, Britain's premier Muslim Magazine.

He lives with his wife and children in Cambridge, UK.

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