The dark-haired man of swarthy complexion that accompanied McVeigh at the Ryder rental office, and was seen walking away from the bomb-laden truck after it was parked under the Murrah building simply did not exist. He was a poltergeist, or something of like substance.
And Nichols’ several trips to consult with men of like appearance in the Phillipines were just sight-seeing jaunts.
José Padilla (born October 18, 1970), also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah, is a United States citizen convicted of aiding terrorists. Padilla was arrested in Chicago on May 8, 2002, and was detained as a material witness until June 9, 2002, when President Bush designated him an illegal enemy combatant and transferred him to a military prison, arguing that he was thereby not entitled to trial in civilian courts. However, on January 3, 2006, he was transferred to a Miami, Florida, jail to face criminal conspiracy charges. José Padilla was found guilty of all charges against him on August 16, 2007, by a federal jury, which found that he conspired to kill people in an overseas jihad and to fund and support overseas terrorism. He is scheduled to be sentenced on December 5, 2007.