To: maceng2 who wrote (65058 ) 6/15/2005 5:55:29 PM From: Raymond Duray Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 74559 PB, Re: OK 20 tons = 20 * 2000 pounds = 40,000 pounds of high explosives. My point was, and remains, that the Scientific American article you cited was poorly written and should not be relied upon. *** Re: The "second bomb" was probably an emergency reaction response to an observer on the scene assessing the situation immediatly after the explosion In the aftermath of the Murrah Federal Building bombing, ATF agents (and perhaps others unidentified) entered the structure and hung black plastic sheeting as drapes over certain sections of the structure for unexplained reasons. Obviously they were trying to hide something from photographers, but I do not know what that might be. I believe it would be correct to suggest that these drapes were part of a cover-up. Someone didn't want certain evidence to become obvious to the public. *** Re: The case of Timothy McViegh is weird but I think most of the sad truth is already known. It is apparent to me from my reading of "deep politics" that most of the conventional wisdom about Timothy McVeigh is wrong. It is clear to me that he served as a patsy for a much bigger plot than his own self-admitted revenge act. Compare McVeigh as a pawn-in-the-game to Emad Ali Salem. As you may be aware, suppressed stories about the McVeigh attack talk about a Middle-eastern appearing man who occupied the passenger seat of the Ryder truck as it was parked in front of the Murrah Federal Building. Recently, reports about this individual have been suppressed in the corporate media. Could it be that this mysterious co-conspirator served in a similar fashion to Emad Ali Salem in the 1993 bombing the the World Trade Center? Here's some disturbing information about that 1993 bombing, indicating secret government complicity in the operation: cooperativeresearch.org globalresearch.ca Curiouser and curiouser, don't you think?