OSWALD AND
DEALEY PLAZA VS. McVEIGH AND THE OKC BOMBING
by Craig Roberts mailto:craig@riflewarrior.com
February 17, 2005
It was as if I'd seen it before. It was like history repeating
itself, but his time I was there to witness what I'd only read
about. It was the crime of the century, and I was one of the
investigators. But as I worked the case I could see that too
many things were falling into place that eerily reminded me
of what, prior to April 19th, 1995, was considered "the
Crime of the Century", the assassination of President
John F. Kennedy.
I had a distinct advantage over the other investigators. I
had spent four years immersed in an investigation into the Kennedy
assassination, resulting in my book "Kill Zone:
A Sniper Looks at Dealey Plaza." In researching
the facts surrounding the Kennedy murder, and the Warren Commission's
assertion that a lone nut with a gun named Lee Harvey Oswald
was responsible, I had delved into Oswald and the mysteries
surrounding him prior to November 22, 1963. Now, as one of the
assigned investigators of the Oklahoma City bombing, I began
to witness a series of events transpire that so closely matched
the events in Dallas that it was chilling. I could almost tell
what would happen next on a day-by-day basis. Beside the entire
"investigation" turning into a massive
and blatant coverup before my eyes, I noticed that the two
"lone nuts," McVeigh and Oswald, seemed to
have a lot in common. So much so, that one could draw the conclusion
that OKBOMB was an off-the-shelf operation that was taken from
a blue print first drawn up in Dallas 32 years before--or maybe
even earlier at a building in Germany called the Reichstag.
Let's examine the "coincidences."
Around 9:00 a.m. Oklahoma time on 19 April, 1995, a huge explosion
rocked the downtown area of Oklahoma City. Within minutes, during
the evacuation of what remained of the building, searching for
casualties, arrival of police, fire and rescue personnel, and
mass confusion, two more "devices"
were found inside the building. Bomb squad personnel had to
deactivate at least one of the devices and remove them from
the area for safety. Within the hour the media stated that they
were "ATF training devices, not actual bombs."
If this were so, why were they placed in strategic locations
inside the building, on floors away from the ATF offices?
In Dealey Plaza, a scenario quickly developed wherein a lone
shooter, from the 6th floor of the Texas Schoolbook Depository,
allegedly fired three shots which amazingly created over a half
dozen wounds (including one missed shot) and
escaped the scene undetected. Later investigation showed that
only two empty 6.5mm shell casings were found on the 6th Floor
and turned in, along with a rifle and one live round. Yet these
documents were altered during the Warren Commission hearings
to reflect three empty cartridges to fit the "Magic
Bullet" theory.
Oklahoma City: Two seismic events transpired according to the
University of Oklahoma Seismic Center. The tape, which actually
shows three equal events, is quickly debunked by the government
as being "the initial explosion, followed by the building
collapsing" (ignoring the first event entirely).
Yet, when the entire remaining building was demolished by controlled
demolition, the event recorded on tape was barely noticeable.
Still, the investigators insist that only one bomb was used:
the Ryder truck bomb allegedly delivered by McVeigh.
Within twenty-four hours the Ryder truck grows from a small
van to the largest box-truck in Ryder inventory to contain the
ever growing amount of ammonium-nitrate explosives required
to create the damage done to the building. Yet, according to
sources outside the government, very little indication of nitrate
deposits at the scene are found—indicating a different type
of explosive.
In Dallas, following the ambush of JFK, damage control seemed
to begin immediately with the focus of attention being directed
away from the Grassy Knoll to the Book Depository building—and
a shooter on the sixth floor. In OKC, the first two leads indicate
that two "middle-eastern males" were
seen hanging around the scene and were probably involved; and
an all points bulletin was broadcast by OKC Police Department
to search for a brown pickup truck with a smoked-plastic bug
shield. Within a few hours, the FBI cancelled both leads—and
told the police that they had not issued an "attempt
to locate" on the pickup truck. But the OKC PD
had the original release from the FBI asking for the APB, and
it had been duly noted in their radio logs.
McVeigh is picked up for speeding, in a car with no license
tag, for doing 85 mph, by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Oswald
was picked up, for allegedly shooting Dallas officer J.D. Tippit,
after entering the Texas Theater without buying a ticket. In
each case, the FBI was notified within a short period of time
that a "suspect" was in custody.
In Oswald's case, items "linking"
him to the Kennedy assassination were "found"
in various locations: photos of him with a Carcano, a Mannlicher-Carcano
found on the 6th floor, etc. For McVeigh, copies of
"subversive material," such as a small-press
radical book titled "The Turner Diaries"
is found in his car. For Oswald, the Carcano was traced to him
by the FBI, who, before the advent of computers and data bases,
managed to track the weapon from its entrance into the U.S.,
to an importer, to Klein's Sporting Goods, to a sale to
"A.J. Hidell," to Lee Harvey Oswald. All
in two days. Over a weekend!
For McVeigh, the rear axle (differential?) of the Ryder truck was discovered, wherein an ID number was
allegedly discovered, which was supposedly traced from the manufacturer,
to Ryder, to a truck rental in Kansas—all within hours. Interviews
with the rental agent produced two sketches: McVeigh and John
Doe #2. The media did not report that a third person was present,
who waited outside in a car, and who appeared to be dark complected.
And John Doe #2, as a lead, evaporated when the FBI stated that
there was a mistake, and that he was a soldier from Fort Riley
who rented a truck the previous day, and was not involved with
McVeigh. But media outside of Oklahoma did not report that another
John Doe #2 was discovered by KFOR TV in Oklahoma City, and
that he matched the suspect sketch; was seen by six eye witnesses
in a bar with McVeigh and Nichols only days before the bombing;
drove a brown Chevrolet pickup with smoked plastic bug screen;
and was an Iraqi officer who had fought against us in the Gulf
War! It also was not reported that over 5,000 Iraqi POWs had
been brought into this country for "humanitarian
reasons," and a large segment ended up being settled
in Oklahoma City.
In Oswald's case, it is interesting to note that he had connections
to the White Russian community of Dallas-Fort Worth, and that
these people had been settled here by the OSS when Allen Dulles
brought the SS Galizien Division out of Europe at the end of
World War II, to Greece, then Canada, then New York City and
Dallas/Fort Worth. The teenage children of the Galiziens were
later utilized as CIA assets for infiltration into Russia—they
spoke Russian and had relatives inside who might provide support
after infiltration. (This makes one wonder about the
Oswald who, during his time in the Marine Corps in Japan, "taught
himself" Russian within a few weeks).
The investigation of the Kennedy assassination rapidly focused
on the "lone nut" scenario. Witnesses
who did not support this rapidly-building case against Oswald
as the lone participant were intimidated, debunked or misquoted
in reports. Most who saw something other than a man in the 6th
floor window were not subpoenaed to testify before the Warren
Commission. In McVeigh's case, anyone who brings forward information
that there had to be more than one bomb, or that there were
higher powers involved in the bombing, or more than just McVeigh
and Nichols involved, is quickly debunked, discredited or ignored.
For the OKC bombing, anyone who heard or felt more than one
explosion or saw more than one person get out of the Ryder truck
was discredited or not permitted to testify before the Grand
Jury. In fact, no one was permitted to testify. All questions
that were asked by the Jurists in one room, were asked through
the Prosecutor, who then went out into another room to ask the
witnesses, then he would return with the answer! (At
least an answer that to me would have provoked suspicion in
the fact that I did not hear the witness directly).
Such actions infuriated Jurist Hoppy Heidelberg who eventually
was dismissed from the Grand Jury because he objected to the
way it was being run.
Within twenty-four hours of the bombing the mainstream media,
en total, slanted the dagger of suspicion to "far
right radicals," such as the burgeoning militia
movement. In particular, the Michigan Militia was targeted as
being "tied" to McVeigh. In actual
fact, though two members of the Michigan Militia stated that
they think they saw McVeigh at one of their open-to-the-public
meetings, McVeigh himself says he never attended. Still, even
if he was seen at a meeting, it could easily have been part
of a setup to develop manufactured connections to a group already
under scrutiny by certain bureaucrats.
For Oswald, a radical background (this time Left Wing)
was built in the press long before Dallas. He was filmed handing
out "Fair Play for Cuba" pamphlets
on a New Orleans street corner, and was interviewed on television
wherein he declared himself a "Marxist"
for public consumption. The media has maintained ever since
that Oswald was a Marxist by his own admission, and killed Kennedy
for radical political reasons. For McVeigh's "legend"--the
term used in the intelligence community when one play-acts a
bogus background for public consumption--it was handing out
The Turner Diaries to fellow employees at CalSpan Incorporated
in Buffalo, New York.
The media's attack on the militia—who had absolutely nothing
to gain and everything to lose in the aftermath of the bombing—resulted
in new "anti-terrorism" laws being
ram-rodded through Congress in the wake of media-generated public
emotion. These laws had been laying stagnant for months, having
been written following the New York City Twin Towers bombing
fo 1993, but delayed due to their conflict with Constitutional
rights.
Interestingly, one major result of the Kennedy assassination
was the "Firearms Control Act of 1968," which was the first major legislation regarding governmental
control of citizens firearms since the 1930s where private ownership
of automatic weapons had to be licensed by the federal government—another
restriction on Constitutional rights.
Then there are the "Wild Goose Chases"
of the national investigation. During the Kennedy investigation,
hundreds of FBI agents were sent hither and yon to interview,
question, and report on even the most obscure leads and
"witnesses." The agents, all trying to do
as sterling a job as possible, then sent their reports to FBI
headquarters for screening and absorption. Few agents ever saw
the "big picture," could compare
notes, or even knew just why they were following up on a given
"lead." The same happened with the
OKC bombing investigation. Hundreds of agents have "followed
up" on even the most obscure leads, but, like
their predecessors who investigated the Kennedy assassination,
they are left out of the grand scheme of things and are only
privy to certain pieces of the puzzle. It is also interesting
to note that the main question is not being answered concerning
the motivation behind any crime: Who Benefits?
FBI agents who attempted to follow the money, and the powers,
behind the murder of JFK were quickly redirected by Washington
to other activities. The agents who smelled a large rodent with
the Oklahoma City bombing (as in Who Benefits)
found themselves subject to the same circumstances. It appears
to once again be a system of directed investigation, ignoring
or debunking of anything that does not fit the mold of a predetermined
outcome ("A Patsy Gets The Blame"),
and disassociation with the idea that higher powers are involved.
After all, what agent wants to be re-assigned to Coldville,
North Dakota?
The television coverage of the transfer of McVeigh from jail
to the holding facility at Tinker Air Force Base, outside of
Oklahoma City, was quite reminiscent of Oswald's transfer attempt
from the Dallas PD jail to the county jail. The only difference
was that there was no Jack Ruby to intervene. However, it should
be noted that McVeigh was dressed in bright orange, and wore
no bullet proof vest! It makes one wonder if an opportunity
was not being presented by design.
Until the investigation begins to follow leads concerning "Who
Benefits?" it is unlikely the Oklahoma City bombing
case will ever progress to a full, believable, conclusion. If
the case against McVeigh and Nichols, who the government maintains
acted by themselves, was so iron clad, then we must ask ourselves
why the government prosecutors had to ask for a ninety day extension
on their investigation before attempting to present McVeigh
for indictment before a federal Grand Jury. The FBI and Department
of Justice still maintain the case is "ongoing"
and that there are "others unknown,"
but in actual fact no one is working the case, and any new evidence
that is presented is either refused or shunned. This also holds
true in the JFK case, as the small group of dedicated JFK assassination
researchers has discovered over and over when new material comes
to light. No U.S. Attorney will touch it, or wants to even know
of it. It muddy's the water, and is bothersome. After all, Oswald
acted alone, didn't he?
In Oklahoma City, there's one more element to consider: the
video tape. In 1963, Abraham Zapruder's film recorded the events
that transpired in Dealey Plaza. It was seized by the FBI, obtained
by Life magazine (who employed former OSS and CIA personnel
such as senior editor Charles D. Jackson), and not
released until much later. When it was released it had been
altered. In Oklahoma City, the media reported that the camera
on an automatic teller machine (or the Southwestern
Bell building security camera, or a camera on the Regency Park
apartment building a block west) recorded McVeigh parking
the Ryder truck, then walking away from it to get into a vehicle
to speed away. The federal authorities seized the tape for evidence.
Why have we not seen these tapes? If they were being kept secret
until trial, then they should have been released after being
exhibited in a court room. No tapes were produced, even though
they were asked for by the defense. Now the trials are over.
The question is: will we ever see them? If not, why not? Showing
the videos will put the issue to rest concerning who, and how
many, exited the Ryder truck.
Many other questions remain to be answered, as in the Kennedy
investigation, but will probably never be breached. Questions
such as: Was there an Iraqi connection? Were there actually
two (or more) explosions? Were there two or
more other bombs inside the building? Why did McVeigh's license
tag "fall off" his car? Why was the
APB on the brown pickup not followed up on, then later cancelled
altogether and denied to exist by the FBI? Exactly what number
was found on the truck axle that would identify the vehicle?
Why have we not seen photographs of this number plate? Why was
not John Doe #2, the Iraqi Republican Guard Division officer,
not followed up in detail by the FBI? And why, after it was
shown there was no connection, did the media continue to shift
public attention to right wing groups ranging from the NRA to
various militia organizations when those entities had the most
to lose from such a tragic event?
Shortly after Oswald's arrest in Dallas he exclaimed:
"So I'm the patsy!" One can only wonder if
McVeigh and Nichols felt the same.
One last note to consider: The June 25, 1996 bombing of the
Khobar Towers apartment building in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, which
killed 23 Americans was briefly referred to by the media as
"proof" that a truck bomb could do the damage
to a building that the ammonium-nitrate packed Ryder truck supposedly
did. But the claims quickly died when it was determined that
1) the building was built with poor grade
materials and was not reinforced to American standards;
2) that only the front wall fell and little
damage occurred past that point;
3) the Murrah building was built to strict
modern codes using the strongest materials; and
4) the explosives used were in excess of 5,000
pounds of RDX and Semtex high explosive. A bomb twenty-five
times as powerful as the "Ryder bomb"
did only one-tenth the damage.[1]
Footnote:
1. In comparison, the crater in front of the Murrah Building
was 20 feet deep and 30 feet wide, while the crater in front
of the Khobar Towers was 35 feet deep and 85 feet wide.
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