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I tend to agree with you, Cicero. But I think it's also an attempt to try to maintain the credibility of the Presidency (nearly destroyed by Our Bill) and trust in the Gov.

This is a worthy goal, but I think we'd all feel better if they admitted the truth. I remember that the first reports from OKC were all about JD#2, a possibly Middle Eastern male, who had been seen with McVeigh. Then these reports disappeared, and it was announced that Nichols (whose only resemblance is his dark hair) was the person being sought.

BillyC wanted this to be domestic terrorism to justify his henchperson Reno's excessive zeal. To some extent, it was domestic; that is, there were Americans who were deeply involved in it. But it came from somewhere else.

I've always thought that the arrogant and sociopathic McVeigh probably didn't reveal anything at the very end because it galled him to know that he had actually been, in the last analysis, used by foreign terrorists and their domestic enabler (fill in the blank).

But I think it's also an attempt to try to maintain the credibility of the Presidency (nearly destroyed by Our Bill) and trust in the Gov.

Maybe a majority of sheeple are nowhere near admitting to themselves that Clinton was a rapist, murderous traitor. But, for maintaining legitimacy, what matters is not the majority of people, most of whom are quite unpolitical, but the opinion-leaders in communities. I find it hard to believe that the well-informed are still unaware of what a creep Clinton was. Even the blacks seemed on the point of realizing what had been done to Ron Brown back in early '98. They may have chosen to close their eyes since then, out of self-interest, but they are only whatever they are, less than 15% of the population.

The more people realize the truth about Clinton, the more government will maintain its credibility not by concealing the truth about Clinton, but by revealing it, and acting upon it.

I remember that the first reports from OKC were all about JD#2, a possibly Middle Eastern male, who had been seen with McVeigh. Then these reports disappeared, and it was announced that Nichols (whose only resemblance is his dark hair) was the person being sought.

I remember the change over very well. Was working in Los Angeles during the time and heard a breaking news report on all news radio that they were now looking for a 'white' suspect. Of course back then the neat terms 'homegrown' and 'domestic terrorist' had not been developed. Posted to an internet newsgroup about the breaking news and others responded that they had not heard these new reports. The new suspect story first broke in the major markets and then the secondary markets. Just like a marketing campaign bck then would have. The story finally reached everyone else and man did the tone of many people change.