[Shermy]

Gettin' stranger.

[rellimpank]

--the crack Richard Jewell investigative team continues its work---nearly ten years later--

[Peach]

Ping.

[cripplecreek]

To quote Jim Traficant.

"The FBI and CIA are so stupid they could throw themselves at the ground and miss."

[maestro]

.....waiting for Mel Gibson's movie on this one.....

:-(

[Western Phil]

"Yousef"

This fellow is quite interesting.

[microgood]

The bureau did not act more quickly because Scarpa failed a lie detector test

I cannot believe they still use those things. When they caught that monster sex offender that abducted and killed that little girl in Florida and buried her 150 yards away they were suspecting the grandma because she did not pass their ridiculous test.

[Navy Patriot]

FBI: Federal Bureau of Idiots.

[DoughtyOne]

Yep, the FBI plays it safe once again. DAMF

[infidel29]

"I'm more concerned that the FBI didn't do a thorough job investigating this location 10 years ago than I am about how long it took to follow through on an informant's tip," Rohrabacher said.

And she would know about wasting time since it took over a month to read the fax she recieved on "March 1 or 2".

[WilliamofCarmichael]

This morning on KSFO Jayna Davis said that Congressman Dana Rohrabacher called her and said that he'd read her book "The Third Terrorist" and wants to hold hearings. She expects that the hearings will be this summer.

(No surprise that Sen. Spector reneged on the same promise years ago but I don't think the Congressman is one of those.)

Hundreds of Americans suffered abuse, ridicule, and even threats of violence for years but they finally got serious investigations of Ruby Ridge and Waco.

It's time for OKC.

[Dr. Frank fan]

Astounding.

The bureau did not act more quickly because Scarpa failed a lie detector test

Why does it seem as if the feds spend about 1000% more effort trying to debunk a tip than actually investigating it? The bureaucratic mindset has thoroughly infected this host. "Let's look for a reason to ignore this tip so that we don't have to act." For crying out loud. The ignore the tip based on a polygraph?

[Tacis]

Will this story make Scarpa a much more sought after guest at the prison teas and cotillions?

The FBI's problem here is that they long had an agent/contact in the McVeigh-Nichols cell and they knew exactly what was to happen and when. FBI superstars from DC were to arrive in the nick of time and help save the day. They got hung up, the locals were unable to act alone and BOOM! What was supposed to be a modest explosion ignited munitions that weren't supposed to be stored in an urban federal facility and the result was, of course, massive cover up!!

McVeigh never said anything because of his loyalty to the other cell members, even the one(s) talking to the FBI. But, McVeigh was wavering and before he started to talk, the aauthorities had to get rid of him. The Jim McDougal disposal technique wouldn't work, so they expeditiously executed him, before he talked.

[Loyal Buckeye]

Planted by the mob to help Scarpa get time off?

[nw_arizona_granny]

Ping

(the rest of the story).

[Mo1]

for later read

[Simo Hayha]

The FBI lab continues to examine the materials for fingerprints and other clues that might show where the explosives originated and who may have had them before they got into Nichols' home

I wonder if the testing is over with and I wonder if the tests confirmed Nichols claim that it was provided by FBI informant Roger Moore (and, hence, the FBI itself.)?

[Simo Hayha]

While the debate rages about phones and taps and "the wall" that apparently existed, perhaps we should question whether or not "the wall" is still in place, if only as it always stood--in the sense that one group of authorities doesn't want its toes stepped upon, etc.

This article, I believe, helps illustrate the wall. Here we have an instance of the FBI informed of a bomb, or bomb-making materials packaged and waiting to be found. They were told about it.

What was their reaction? They used technology, a lie-detector, to question the reliability of the source. Did they call the local authorities and inform them that a bomb was hidden beneath a residence? I don't know. Had they, I suspect the bomb would have been discovered much earlier. So did any information sharing happen in this instance?

I hazard to suggest that information sharing wasn't at the top of their list.

Just a thought.