LOL!
You ignore EXACTLY what you want to and DISREGARD the extensive FOLLOWUP work done by these authors in corroborating Tim's story.
You also IGNORE the fact that a court of law complete with a jury of citizens FOUND Tim GUILTY beyond a SHADOW of a DOUBT.
Of course, you being an obvious conspiracy theorist of a rather high order and having no need for FACT, logic or reasoning in this matter can skip reading the book American Terrorist can continue fantasizing the with the aid of your fellow conspracy theorists ...
As to protecting his family, you haven't a clue what he put them through (AS documented in the book) as it was.
Though he maintains his position that he has no real regrets over his actions, McVeigh has confessed that he feels sorry for what happened to Nichols and Fortier. For all his planning and attention to detail, McVeigh had underestimated the power and breadth of federal conspiracy laws. He had acted under the naive assumption that as long as he delivered and detonated the bomb himself, no one else could be charged. The illegal act, he figured, was purely his own. McVeigh simply hadn't reckoned wth the law."I did not calculate or know enough about conspiracy law to know that my actions could be held against them," he says now. "Because, in a conspiracy, you're all in it as one. Other people's crimes can be held against you." He remains outraged that Fortier and Nichols could face such serious punishment when they had no idea when the bombing was to occur. Perhaps most significant is his claim that the two men had no way of knowing that McVeigh would bomb the building when it was full of people. Nichols never had control of the truck, or knew the time that the blast would occur. "I could have delivered it anytime," McVeigh says. "It was my choice, and my control, to hit that building when it was full, as opposed to eleven P.M.-or three A.M., when it would have been empty, except for possibly a security guard or cleaning crew." McVeigh acknowledges Nichols's involvement in the preparation of the bomb, if only to help dispel the lingering conspiracy theories that surround the case. But he maintains that Nichols's assistance in the mixing of the bomb components came under duress, only after McVeigh had threatened him and his family.
