Saturday, August 20, 2005

FBI ordered to turn over Oklahoma City bombing docs, unredacted

And...surprise. The FBI has reopened the case.
A U.S. District Court judge in Salt Lake City, Utah, has ordered the Oklahoma City FBI office to turn over unredacted copies of all documents currently at issue in a Freedom of Information lawsuit involving additional evidence and the names of additional conspirators in the Oklahoma City bombing case.

According to the judge, the materials would be reviewed in his chambers and then returned to the FBI.
The order could also include evidence in the possession of the FBI that might shed light on the mysterious death of an inmate, Kenny Trentadue, who was being held at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City in 1995.

Contacted about whether the agency would comply with the order or appeal it, FBI Special Agent Gary Johnson made a startling announcement. After declining to comment on the civil matters involved in the Trentadue suit, Johnson said the FBI was currently investigating the April 19, 1995, bombing.

In the past, Johnson has told the media that the FBI was standing by its original investigation. "It was the most experienced and thorough in our history," he said.

The $85 million effort yielded only two federal convictions, Terry Nichols and Timothy McVeigh. Mike Fortier provided testimony against McVeigh and Nichols in return for a reduced sentence.

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[S]everal weeks ago, a court order from Kimball forced the release of approximately 100 pages of documents by the Oklahoma City FBI office, and some do indeed appear to implicate others in the bombing.

However, the FBI has blacked out almost every name in those documents, along with whole sentences of other information regarding an undercover operation the FBI and others were involved in.

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Asked how many FBI agents were involved in the renewed effort, Johnson simply commented: "We don't ever disclose that type of information."

Exactly when this investigation was opened and why remains unclear.

  McCurtain Daily Gazette article

I'd say it's because they know the Trentadue case is forcing their hand, and they're about to be busted for withholding information. Somebody's ass is coming uncovered. Maybe they're looking for another way to cover up. Maybe they're trying to flush out anybody still alive with information who might be willing to testify.

"Andy the German" knows people.


FBI 302 provides allegations of a former Green Beret's involvement in Oklahoma City bombing and connections to McVeigh, alleged by FBI undercover operative.

  McCurtain Daily Gazette - larger view available

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