[PJ-Comix]

They just had the Wall Street Journal reporter on who just did a story pooh-poohing the John Doe #2/Jose Padilla connection. As in the article, he uses the coincidence of "Padilla" surname of Nichol's ex-wife to discount the connection. This one is easy to discount but he uses it to discount ALL speculation about Padilla and John Doe #2. This is why I would like you folks making a big deal about Nichol's ex-wife being named "Padilla" to drop this line entirely. It goes nowhere and just feeds those folks who want to discount the REAL connections.

BTW, no major media folks have yet mentioned that McVeigh and Padilla BOTH lived in Ft. Lauderdale in February 1993.

[sox_the_cat]

You may be right, there may be no connection whatsoever between the Padilla names, on the other hand, it's apparent that Nichols maintained contact with his wife after the divorce. Can you say for certain that Nichols wasn't in contact with his ex-wife's husband Robert?

It may be nothing, but to totally dismiss just because it is a common surname and Padilla isn't his wifes real surname is presumptive. I saw the comments from Lana Padilla, but nothing that dismissed any contact between Nichols and the suband.

[Deb]

I always believed there was a John Doe #2 and it sure looks to me like Padilla is the guy, especially after seeing some snap shots his old boss had of him at the fast food place. He was a whole lot more light skinned than he appears in the mug shot.

The LA Times had an article this morning in the California section, about the rise of John Doe/Padilla conspiracy theories on the net. It included some quotes by Nichols' ex-wife about the name thing and her belief, after seeing the resemblence, that there should definitely be an investigation.