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To: Bob Lao-Tse who wrote (327)9/2/1999 3:02:00 PM
From: Jeff Mizer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1449
 
>> that the ATF offices in the Murrah Building were empty on the day
of the bombing.<<

My understanding is that is a myth-- at least 1 agent died.

My theory- no evidence of course - is that the govt't simply could not risk letting the people know they could not protect them from terrorists and they looked for a scapegoat who was easily frameable ala Richard Jewell in Olympic park bombing.
If McVeigh just let off a bomb killing so many --I cannot believe he would surrender so meekly to the first officer knowing he faced execution or life in prison.

JM



To: Bob Lao-Tse who wrote (327)9/2/1999 4:02:00 PM
From: fatheroz  Respond to of 1449
 
<that the ATF offices in the Murrah Building were empty on the day of the bombing.>

Coincidentally, the governor of Oklahoma is former FBI, and our Commissioner of Public Safety (an appointed position) is Bob Ricks, FBI spokesman from Waco...


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