Posted on 11/28/2004 8:00:07 AM PST by marway
Terry Nichols confessed during secret plea negotiations last year that he had a major role in the deadly 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. He also stated that he knew of no other conspirators in the attack that left 168 dead, including 19 children.
"I am unaware as to who was involved in the planning besides McVeigh,'' he stated.
However, Nichols refused to disclose where he hid stolen blasting caps left over from the making of the bomb.
Nichols, 49, never testified at his 1997 federal trial or this year's state trial. His attorneys claimed he had no part in the attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. They suggested McVeigh had help from others and set up Nichols to take the blame.
Nichols was convicted at his federal trial of the bombing conspiracy and manslaughter of eight federal agents.
He was convicted at his state trial of arson, conspiracy to commit arson and 161 counts of first-degree murder.
The state case focused on the 160 other casualties, as well as the loss of a fetus.
Nichols was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of release in both cases. He avoided the death penalty because jurors could not agree on that punishment.
Nichols made the admission last year as part of an effort to persuade state prosecutors to drop their request for a death sentence. The negotiations fell through because prosecutors thought he was not forthcoming enough.
Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane said Saturday: "Although I had nothing to do with the release of this document, I cannot say that I am disappointed that the public finally gets a glimpse of my frustration with Terry Nichols, and his refusal to tell us where certain bomb-making materials are still hidden, even to this day... ''
(Excerpt) Read more at newsok.com ...
All the more reason to take the time to be certain that we get all possible information about the conspiracy. There was more than one person involved, so by definition there was a conspiracy. The question is, have we gotten all the conspirators? I submit that McVeigh didn't have the smarts to pull this off, and probably Nichols isn't any better.
Conspiracy theories are an interesting enough hobby, they just aren't mine ;~D...
As you were.
"Terry Nichols confessed during secret plea negotiations . . . ."
I guess secret just doesn't mean what it used to mean.
There were middle east implications to this tragedy. I see he never mentioned any.
David Schipper wrote extensively about the ME connection.
"BURN HIM" burn him all the way to HELL!
Because he had requested all appeals be dropped and asked to be executed. Is there anything to say others have done the same but the US government has failed to execute them?
There wasn't a rush to execute McVey. He waived all appeals and rushed his own execution.
Here! Here!!! Prescient Reply, Sir!!!
Wow! The irony of that last part of the sentence!!!
No one in this government is empowered to do that!
Well... Maybe Janet Reno was... come to think of it...
"why would we assume he's not still protecting John Doe #2?"
That's the thing of it, absolutely.
They need to stand on his nuts untill he talks.
Sen. Spector buried the promise. Jim Quinn called Spector the UNDERTAKER (Listen to the WARROOM archieves for 4/20/04, about 80 minutes into the show). The undertaker label is appropriate because Spector takes the evdience and BURIES it. It's not the first time he's played this game.
Jayna Davis says that the FBI sent Spector a letter full of B.S. that she wasn't supposed to see but she got a copy and could refute the information with both hands tied behind her back, but they never give her a chance.
History will judge us all as FOOLS for ignoring witnesses and listening to the MSM, to the "official" investigations that simply change lies into truth. The sheeple simply become confused without Hillary's gatekeepers to keep things organized.
Ask yourself this: ARE YOU ONE OF THE CONFUSED SHEEPLE?
Did the Chicago PD get to interrogate him yet ?
That could explain it.
Yes, I didn't get into all the parsing details, but it's not a strong statement. Plus it was produced under threat of a death sentence. Plus it was never agreed to or signed.
In other words, somebody leaked this story to try to put the conspiracy theory to sleep, but it's a pretty feeble effort.
To give them credit, The Daily Oklahoman did some excellent coverage of this story, especially in the early years. I just wish they had tweaked their headline to better represent the content of a seemingly fair report of this business.
Anybody in DC who suggests this will get blackballed though.
BUMP
Yup.
what is the working theory on that? who is he still protecting and why?
After folowing many of the threads here on the OKC Bombing I got myself a copy of Jayns Davis's "The Third Terrorist" and I'll never be convinced that this was just a two-man operation. Especially not a two-man "Right-Wing Conspiracy" as then President Clinton tried to portray it.
The Clintons-Gores-Renos-Gorelicks of the world need to explain!!!!
> what is the working theory on that?
Beats me. Maybe he's saving the blasting caps for a
celebration when President LaRouche pardons him :-)
> who is he still protecting and why?
Exactly. If he's still protecting some blasting caps,
any statement that there were no other conspirators
lacks even a hint of credibility.
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