The Oklahoma City Bombing

Case closed? After 17 years, a new book and a film pose questions about the Oklahoma City federal building bombing. Phil Bacharach May 30th, 2012 Mysteries don't die easily. The shattered ruins of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building Mark HancockSeventeen years ago, a truck bomb ripped through the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City. Six years later, the federal government executed Timothy McVeigh for the crime that killed 168 people and injured more than 500 others. But the federal probe and prosecution, with 18,000 witness statements, 43,000 leads and 7,000 pounds of evidence, did not end speculation on what happened April 19, 1995. The recent release of a book and a documentary on the case refocuses on lingering theories that the bombing involved more than McVeigh and his ex-Army buddy, Terry Nichols, who is currently serving a life sentence for his role in the plot. In Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed — and Why It Still Matter

The Oklahoma City Bombing - Were there additional explosive charges and additional bombers? A brief overview of the official story of the Oklahoma City bombing: On April 17, 1995 Timothy McVeigh reportedly picked up a 20-foot Ryder truck from Elliott's Body Shop in Junction City. The truck was filled with roughly 5,000 pounds (2,300 kg) of ammonium nitrate, an agricultural fertilizer, and nitromethane, a highly volatile motor-racing fuel-a mixture also known as Kinepak or ANFO (ammonium nitrate/fuel oil). At 9:02 a.m. on April 19, 1995, the truck exploded in the street in front of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building. About 90 minutes later, McVeigh was stopped by an Oklahoma state trooper for driving a vehicle without a license plate, who then arrested him on a firearms charge. Two days later he was charged in the bombing. His friend Terry Nichols was arrested in Kansas, and formally charged with the bombing on May 10. There are many problems with the official story of the bombi