Neither could a retired U.S. Army General, an expert in explosives, who did a detailed study of it. He concluded that the damage done and the condition of the powdered concrete at the base of the building indicated the positioning of specific charges at the base of structural columns in the basement of the building.
A great many facts/observations from many different creditable people were in print but not in the NYT or main media television. Some of these were: John Doe (ME guy); no marshals were inside the building; the German connection with the melitia; the undercover informant in the militia, etc. This was not just a couple of "crazies" reporting these things, but many, many people, whom the FBI and the press chose to ignore.I'm sure all this is in the archives on OKC.The FBI ignored what they could, intimidated whomever they could, and the media just printed and cable-TV'd the whole Bill Clinton spin on hate-radio and militia.
Did Bill Clinton know? Yeah, given his former connections in Ark. with the CIA, the Southern Mafia, etc., he knew. He chose to cover his backside and use the spin for his benefit.
vaudine