"I have written about the Ryder truck sighting in the ally last year and this year on FR in my replies- you may have missed it. Williamm Jasper of the NEw AMerican and I have known of this witness since 1995. A friend of Jasper knows the witness. The witness is an attorney. I made a typo in my reply and should have typed instead "I also know [of] a witness who saw US Marshalls detain a Ryder truck in the ally at 8:30 am on April 19, 1995. I know the story of the witness but I do not know the identity of the witness. I am confident in what Japser told me about the witness."
This attorney is a woman who was at the Federal court house early on April 19, 1995 before the bombing. She is known by a man who runs an oil exploration company near OKC who also knows William Jasper. She will only come forward in a legal or COngressional proceeding she says because she wants to protect her Federal legal career (there are many witnesss like this in the OKC bombing case).
Her story is consistent with what Kuper told me about barracades (because of bomb threats the week before?)he saw near the Federal builidng on April 19, 1995 that were not there on the other mornings he came to work. There are surveillance tapes which would show this along with McVeigh and a ME looking John Doe walking down the street in front of the phone company, public library surveillance, and exterior Federal COurt house ally cameras.
The FBI (agent John Hippard)confiscated these tapes immediately (within hours) after the bombing and Matsch, Reno and Ashcroft have personally blocked release of these surveillance tapes and many more (tremendous coverup)despite OKC attorney Mike Johnston's efforts to get them released by his filing of legal motions in Denver and in OKC starting in 1997 continuing through 2001.
Ashcroft and Mueller are wolves in sheep skin in my opinion.
How does blocking the release of these tapes fall under the blanket of national security unless of course the Iraqi cell IS still in operation?
Nevertheless, I have little faith in Ashcroft's motives. I think the DOJ knows full well the identities of "others unknown" and that the witholding of the tape evidence is due, not to any ongoing attempt to apprehend McVeigh's fellow terrorists, but rather as a gesture to the previous administration - honor amongst theives, if you will. "Don't investigate us, and we won't investigate you."
If I am reading it right, the Washington Post article linked in reply #140 indicates Murad attended four flight schools in the U.S., but the article only names two. This article identifies three locations. It still leaves open the possibility that the fourth unnamed location was the same flight school attended by Moussaoui in Norman,OK, IMO. BTW, thanks for posting the informative article from the Toronto Star.
I suppose it is possible the four schools mentioned in the Washington Post article included the Dubai school. I would still like the name of the Texas school to tie up the loose ends.
I have added materially to the initial article with updates in replies #170 and #177. Interesting info on Dale Watson is in replies #111-188. Honway and others have posted incredibly good background information which makes this thread a "keeper".