Report: Satellite Used After Ok. Bombing

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[Sub-Driver]

Report: Satellite Used After Ok. Bombing

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In the days after the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, the U.S. government used a spy satellite to gather intelligence on a white separatist compound in Oklahoma, according to a published report.

The McCurtain Daily Gazette reported Wednesday that it had obtained a Secret Service log indicating that on May 2, 1995 — two weeks after the April 19 bombing — the FBI was trying to locate suspects for questioning. They were thought to be in Elohim City, a compound near the town of Muldrow.

"Satellite assets have been tasked to provide intelligence concerning the compound," the document says.

Shown a copy, Secret Service spokesman Jonathan Cherry told The Associated Press he could not confirm it was a Secret Service document and declined further comment.

There was no indication in the document of what information the satellite might have gathered, or what the spacecraft was capable of doing.

[z3n]

Remote sensing technology along with mass data storage will someday (if it isn't now) be able to allow intelligence agencies track suspects/criminals/terrorists movements, either real-time, or after the fact.

[loreldan]

...And liberals complain about Patriot Act powers under Bush.

[caver]

Wow, new news, only 10 years old.

[Walkingfeather]

Um... unless those assest belonged to the FBI someone will be in trouble .

[Reactionary]

Oh, but there was never any indication that the skinheads were involved... or Muslims... or that Carol Howe was an FBI informant... or that the leader of Elohim City was on the FBI payroll.

Honest. There isn't a shred of evidence to indicate that Billy Boy and the FBI knew Oklahoma City was coming down.

[Third Order]

they never claimed they weren't investigating the links, just that they couldn't substantiate them.

[ml/nj]

Oh, but there was never any indication that the skinheads were involved... or Muslims... or that Carol Howe was an FBI informant... or that the leader of Elohim City was on the FBI payroll.

If Jayna Davis is correct, and I tend to think she is, then the whole Elohim City thing is quite probably disinformation.

ML/NJ

[GLDNGUN]

Hmmmmm. And I was under the impression that satellite surveillance was not used on people in the U.S. I asked somebody "in the know" one time why they couldn't use sat pictures to prove O.J. is a murderer and was told "we don't spy on our own people".

I'm sure a lot more heinous crimes could be solved using such technology, but at what expense to our privacy?

[Reactionary]

"...they never claimed they weren't investigating the links, just that they couldn't substantiate them."

One gets the impression that they were far too busy forging FBI eye witness testimony to care.

[theBuckwheat]

And since McVeigh was already in custody, they were looking for who, exactly? The middle-eastern-looking John Doe Number Two? Or their informant?

The Clinton Administration perfected the art of Telling the Truth Slowly. This news is about ten years old. The last chapter on the OKC Bombing has yet to be written.

Despite the fact they had a sketch done of John Doe Number Two, the FBI now insists he does not exist.

see:
http://www.glennbeck.com/okc/sot1.htm

http://www.jaynadavis.com/story.html

[cgk]

ping...

[Shermy]

"Wow, new news, only 10 years old."

The racist compound leaks follow a pattern generally. Usually they come after someone raises noise about Nichols trips to the Philippines. A counter-leak strategy.

Since Nichols had no connection to the compound its in his lawyers interest to point the finger there. Talking about the Philippines can only implicate him.

[caver]

It ought to be intersting in the future as more slowly comes out. Of course we may all be dead by then. Maybe my grandkids will read about it.

[r9etb]

It's almost a pity that Mike Rivero was banned....

[FreedomPoster]

Don't forget about tracking of cell phones as well as vehicles with On-Star, tollway transponders, and similar devices.

Big Brother is watching you.

[rattrap]

I didn't think the FBI had any satellites. Since the NRO, NSA and CIA are not supposed to spy on Americans within our borders this information is a little, shall we say, discomforting.

[SueRae]

And this is a problem why? If it catches the bad guys, I'm for it.

[southland]

I agree with your view of Jayna Davis. She certainly has accurate information.

[gridlock]

Did you ever see Enemy of the State? In the movie, the CIA was able to review satellite imagery to track a car that had left a store some time before to its eventual destination. Pretty cool stuff. No reason why it could not be done. I think the JSTARS system does the same thing on a theater-wide basis, from an airborne platform.