Posted on 06/30/2005 11:24:54 AM PDT by CHARLITE
After a meeting with convicted Oklahoma City bomber Terry Nichols, a U.S. congressman reaffirmed evidence of a Middle East connection to the 1995 attack.
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Calif. – who has publicly vowed to address unanswered questions about the bombing – went with a staff aid to the super-maximum security prison in Florence, Colo., where Nichols is serving 161 consecutive life sentences, according to the Northeast Intelligence Network, a private, counter-terrorist research and investigation group.
In his quizzing of Nichols, the congressman relied heavily on the investigative work of journalist Jayna Davis and her book, "The Third Terrorist: The Middle Eastern Connection to the Oklahoma City Bombing," published by WND Books.
Davis asserts Nichols and Timothy McVeigh were not the lone conspirators but were part of a greater scheme involving Islamic terrorists and at least one provable link to Iraq.
As WorldNetDaily reported, Rohrabacher has said he is "deeply disturbed" that the FBI did not follow up on affidavits Davis turned over to the bureau from 22 witnesses supporting evidence that Iraqi intelligence agents infiltrated the United States to recruit and assist McVeigh and Nichols.
Davis spoke with Rohrabacher after his visit with Nichols and gave a tape of her conversation to Northeast Intelligence Network Director Douglas Hagmann.
The congressman told Davis: "Yours is the only game in town that has any evidence."
Nichols acknowledged the existence of John Doe No. 2 – the alleged third terrorist – but stopped short of identifying him, claiming he "did not want to speculate."
However, according to Rohrabacher, Nichols said "he thought other people [beyond Nichols and Timothy McVeigh] were involved" in the Oklahoma City bombing.
"Timothy McVeigh on a number of occasions, had talked about Middle Easterners," Rohrabacher told Davis. "Terry didn't say anything that would dispel the theory, the central theory of your research, which is these people [witnesses featured in "The Third Terrorist"] actually saw Tim McVeigh and he was with Arabs, and these are the people that you tracked down."
Rohrabacher, chairman of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, said Nichols did not say anything that would undercut Davis' finding of a definitive Middle Eastern connection to the bombing.
The congressman said Nichols "didn't do anything that would in any way ... counter the witnesses that you have dug up and put on the record."
The witnesses provided sworn affidavits to Davis and Chicago-based attorney David Schippers, who served as chief investigative counsel to the House Judiciary Committee for the impeachment trial of former President Clinton.
Schippers also prosecuted a number of high-profile organized crime figures under U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy.
After conducting lengthy videotaped interviews with more than a dozen of Davis' confidential witnesses in May, Schippers stated: "Given the credibility of these witnesses, I could get an indictment with just one day of testimony before a grand jury."
Former CIA director James Woolsey also has found the witness statements accumulated by Davis to be credible, including many who attested to observing Middle Eastern nationals in the company of McVeigh and at the Murrah building at the time of the bombing.
Rohrabacher told Davis: "Your evidence remains the heaviest"
Despite the information he received from Nichols, the congressman told Davis he still was "in no hurry" to convene congressional hearings, but said he wanted to see more of her evidence.
As WND reported, on the 10th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, in April, Rohrabacher asked in a House-floor speech why the FBI ignored strong evidence of a Middle East connection to the attack.
Rohrabacher said at the time that if the FBI does not provide satisfactory answers to his questions, he will call for congressional hearings.
Two years ago, on the eve of U.S. action in Iraq, Davis' reporting on the Oklahoma City bombing was vindicated when the U.S. 10th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed against her after finding "defendants did not recklessly disregard the truth" in reporting on an Iraqi soldier's alleged involvement in the bombing.
Read WorldNetDaily's extensive coverage of the Oklahoma City bombing case.http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=29290
What?
This is hardly a surprise, the dems have been covering for their religion of peace for years.
LOL. I thought I had it on semi. Dayam.
It's happened to me before.
yanno... during last night's "30 Days" episode, the Dolt went around asking people "what does a terrorist look like" etc...
At one point, he responded to one of the innumerable "ME/Muslim" responses with "What about Oklahoma City?"
And right then, I knew the guy was a koolaid swilling retard. I would have LOVED to have had that twit ask me THAT question...
Well, I couldn't be too sure and besides, FReepers don't like ALL CAPS posting so I thought maybe if I said it 10 times, it would make an impression.
TXnMA/BobV -- AKA "Grand-dad in the hammock..."
If this is true than the MSM would be all over it, so it must not be.- {sarcasm}
Bump
imo
And what will we owe Clinton and the FBI?
Perhaps you had a slamfire, followed by a run away reload button? ;)
;)
/sarcasm
bttt
Jay-na! Jay-na! Jay-na!
Keep this ball rolling, people. The Third Terrorist is the only book I can ever remember reading that made me mad--I mean INFURIATED.
Please do, Doug, (no sense in both of us bugging her)...
Invite her here. And, please give her my congratulations and best regards. She knows me as "Grand-dad in the hammock..."
Thank'ee kindly!
TXnMA -- AKA "Grand-dad in the hammock..."
Ramzi Yousef (1993 WTC bomber) and Nichols crossed paths in the Phillipines. Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (9/11) was Yousef's uncle. It is interesting to note that Yousef entered the United States on an Iraqi passport and had been known among the New York fundamentalists as "Rashid, the Iraqi". Another name that could be thrown into the mix is Abdul Rahman Yasin (1993 WTC), a U.S. citizen whose family moved to Iraq in the 1960's shortly after he was born and he returned to the U.S. in 1992. After the 1993 WTC bombing, Yasin fled to Iraq and was given monthly salary and housing by Saddam Hussein's regime.
"My own personal view on the cover-up is that Clinton didn't want to deal with global terrorism, or with the growing necessity for dealing with Saddam Hussein."
Yes...and the reason for this is because Clinton came into office with one major priority: Mid-East Peace between Israel and Palestine. That is why even after the first WTC attack in 1993, it wasn't Arabs he went after...but Christians at Waco.
"By 1998, the issue had become so urgent..."
Yep...finally, after the 2 embassy bombings Clinton had to do something. And while he tepidly declared his war on terrorism...it only lasted two weeks, so he could get the peace-talks back on track. Clinton never dealt seriously with these threats because he was afraid such acts would alienate the very Arab support he was seeking in the Israel/Pali conflict.
This has been out there for a few years and nothing has come of it. Louis Freeh was able to get away with "never heard of it" during the 9/11 hearings.
At this point I don't think there is anything there. Why? Just think about the revelation of Iraqi involvement in OKC would do to the Dems and Clinton's legacy.
Does anyone think Miss Davis wouldn't be found dead in Ft Marcy Park if there was something there?
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