[JohnBerger]

I have read "American Terrorist." There are numerous references to it throughout the site. It was helpful in fleshing out my working timeline.

That doesn't mean I take every word out of McVeigh's mouth as gospel truth, which would hardly be sensible.

McVeigh made conflicting claims about several specific events and times leading up to the bombing. These conflicts are of specific interest to any serious examination of the story.

[_Jim]

I have read "American Terrorist."

The next tier, then, is the court documentation detailing the whereabouts, purchses, phone calls and activities of McVeigh, Nichols and Fortier.

You been through those?

(It sounds to me like you are going to 'artfully dance in the shadows' in showing any complicity of other people, groups or foreign governments in a 'theory' of your own devising re: the OKC bombing...)

[_Jim]

That doesn't mean I take every word out of McVeigh's mouth as gospel truth,

Of course, MANY MANY corroborating WITNESSES are still living - don't give the board here the impression this book was nothing but a diatribe from McVeigh!

I give readers a reference back to Post #24 where Lou Michel indicates the book was much more " the cooperation of scores of others who have figured in his [McVeigth's] life. as well as "countless hours of interviews we conducted with law-enforcement officials; relatives of McVeigh, Nichols, and Fortier; and friends and acquaintances of the suspects and bombing victims".

... more than *just* "McVeigh's mouth as the gospel" ...

I kinda get the impression you *didn't* read his 'book', but, as I say, that's *my* impression ...