I fear that at the very least the FBI is top-heavy with stupid and incompetent morons. Not just regular run-of-the-mill morons, but stupid and incompetent morons. At the worst, there's a sinister cover-up going on here. But before we look at the cover-up issue, I think the issue of institutionalized stupidity and incompetence in this most important of organizations must be addressed. The reason they won't follow the trail of those phone records in a case involving so many dead Americans is .... ???
And the reason they can't release records in a case that is "open" when they were so quick to "close" it by pinning all the blame on the Nichols and McVeigh is ... ???
Stupid. Incompetent. Morons. Or worse.
If you have to choose between incompetence or malice, go for incompetence and you are right 99% of the time. Someone told me that once and it has rung true for me for many years, and lessened my paranoia.