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Interesting stuff - McVeigh akin to Oswald? -- Yaneverknow, it may be so -- BUT The real question becomes - when the source is the government, what do you believe and what dont you believe - well, my answer would be to go to the info thats available outside government sources If you do this, with McVeigh - the story makes sense. By that I mean (and I hate to have to explain myself this carefully, but I have noticed that some of the more self-righteous posters in this forum love to twist people's words) that while there is no justifying WHAT McVeigh did, that there is a logical thread that can be followed as to how that individual came to do what he did. Now, the end result is not palatable - because what you end up with is that the monster could be the guy next door, and thats TERRIFYING. Such a plausible (tho ideologically flawed) sequence of events could never quite be presented in the case of Oswald Looking at it another way - in the end what was so terrifying about Oklahoma City and McVeigh anyway? Was it a few dead federal agents? Was it the mangled facade of a building? NO! It was the realization that the guy that did it could have been your next door neighbor. It's oh so much better when the enemy isnt one of your own - when he can be identified by ethnic or cultural differences. If the government can put together a story whereby McVeigh becomes an agent of those evil Ayrab - then they have accomplished some work towards the goal of easing the pain and terror of the masses (and ever closer to gaining their unquestioning trust and loyalty)