(email from Jayna this morning)
Questions for FBI requested by Congressman Rohrabacher in 2005 that have not been asked or answered
1. Is the Oklahoma City bombing investigation officially open or closed? If the case is considered open, please state the reasons.
2. Why did the FBI fail to interview Iraqi national Hussain Al-Hussaini, whom multiple witnesses placed in the company of Timothy McVeigh prior to the bombing, exiting the explosives-laden Ryder truck in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Building, and speeding away from the burning federal complex moments after the blast?
3. State the whereabouts of Hussain Al-Hussaini from 5:00 A.M – 10:00 A.M. on April 19, 1995. If Al-Hussaini’s location is unknown to the Bureau, explain why.
4. Why were the spring 1995 prior warnings issued by the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare that predicted Iran-sponsored Islamist terrorists had recruited two “lily whites” (i.e. Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols) to bomb an American federal building in the “heart of the U.S.” disregarded as an indicator of foreign participation?
5. Why did the FBI suspect Hussain Al-Hussain’s former employer, federal felon Dr. Anwar Abdul (pseudonym), of ties to the Palestinian Liberation Organization at the time he pleaded guilty to insurance fraud?
6. State the questions, answers, and test results of the FBI polygraph examination administered to “material witness” Jordanian national, Abraham Ahmad.
7. Outline the evidence and witness statements upon which the FBI relied when issuing an all-points-bulletin for a brown Chevrolet pickup with foreign occupants at 11:56 A.M. on April 19, 1995. Why was the APB cancelled on the afternoon of the bombing? Who cancelled it?
8. In late May 1995, the FBI returned a stolen 1983 GMC High Sierra pickup to its owners, Luke and Lori Conner (pseudonyms). State the specific evidence which led the FBI to conclude that the truck had no connection to the terror attack on the Murrah Building. Why did FBI Special Agent Jim Ellis tell four witnesses that the brown truck was used in the Oklahoma City bombing?
9. The FBI has in its custody three sets of fingerprints recovered from the stolen 1983 GMC High Sierra pickup. Have the prints been compared to any immigration files? If so, what were the results? If not, why not?
10. Identify the “known car thief” that the FBI believes stole the 1983 GMC High Sierra pickup. What evidence did the FBI develop that proves the pickup was stolen by a “known car thief.?” How and why did the FBI eliminate as suspects in the auto theft case the Middle Eastern men whom multiple witnesses identified in that stolen GMC truck before, during, and after the April 19 attack?
11. Why did the FBI refuse to return the original motel records that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms confiscated from the Oklahoma City motel where several witnesses identified McVeigh in the presence of Middle Eastern nationals in the weeks, days, and final hours leading up to 9:02 A.M. on April 19, 1995? Where are the original records now?
12. FBI Special Agent Dan Vogel (retired) has stated during Terry Nichols’ state preliminary hearing in March 2001 that he received twenty-two affidavits from former KFOR-TV journalist Jayna Davis in January 1999 while working for the FBI field office in Oklahoma City. What happened to the affidavits? Why has the Bureau classified those documents as missing? Why were the witness statements withheld from the judge, prosecutors, and defense attorneys in the trials of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols? The FBI declined and/or refused to interview the witnesses in a legitimate attempt to prove or disprove their testimonies. Why? None of the witnesses who were initially interviewed by field agents in the wake of the bombing was called to testify during the federal trials of the Oklahoma City bombers. Why?
13. In November 1998, the Justice Department permitted one of its lead investigators for the Oklahoma Bomb Task Force to testify before the Oklahoma County Grand Jury that was tasked with investigating additional bombing conspirators. During the agent’s appearance before the panel, he addressed the testimonies of several witnesses who had interviewed with journalist Jayna Davis. However, the Justice Department refused permission for retired FBI Special Agent Dan Vogel to testify during Terry Nichols’ October 2001 preliminary hearing in his state murder trial to confirm his receipt of twenty-two affidavits from reporter Davis. Explain why Agent Vogel was barred from taking the stand while another federal agent was allowed to testify.
14. Explain the FBI’s policy when addressing witness affidavits that name specific individuals in the commission of a crime.
15. Why did the FBI withhold the interview statement of witness Rachel Sealy (pseudonym) from the defense teams?
16. Name the Oklahoma City witnesses who participated in the live lineup of Timothy McVeigh at the Oklahoma County jail on April 22, 1995. Name the witnesses who identified McVeigh as the man they encountered in downtown Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.
17. The FBI sketch of John Doe 2 based upon the testimony of downtown witness Michael Benton (pseudonym) was not disclosed to the public during the international manhunt for suspects. Why? Why was this sketch and Benton’s FBI 302 withheld from Terry Nichols’ defense counsel? Was this sketch ever compared to the photograph of Hussain Al-Hussain, the man whom Benton identified as the mysterious jogger he observed timing his run from the Murrah Building at sunrise on April 19, 1995?
18. Why did the FBI conduct no interviews with the employees and guests of the Oklahoma City motel who have corroborated the owner’s testimony to federal agents that several men of Arab extraction were seen on the motel grounds with Timothy McVeigh, Terry Nichols, a yellow Mercury Marquis, brown SUV, and a Ryder truck that reeked of diesel fuel?
19. Provide evidence which conclusively establishes the whereabouts of Timothy McVeigh during the night of April 18, 1995?
20. How many witnesses did the FBI interview who placed Timothy McVeigh with additional conspirators in downtown Oklahoma City on the morning of the bombing? Name each witness and provide a summary of the FBI interviews. Why were none called to testify before during the Denver trials of McVeigh and Nichols?
21. Provide an index of the twenty-two surveillance videotapes that the FBI confiscated from downtown Oklahoma City businesses in the wake of the bombing. State the date, source, and content of each video recording. Why did the Justice Department request U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch seal those tapes?
22. Provide an index of the locations and number of fingerprints that were recovered by the Oklahoma Bomb Task Force and federal investigators during the Bureau’s investigation of the 1995 Murrah Building attack. How many of those prints were compared to the immigration files of the Arab suspects identified in eyewitness sworn statements as McVeigh’s co-conspirators? If none was compared to the Middle Eastern nationals named by journalist Jayna Davis’ witnesses, explain why.
Jayna, Ma'am, with that set of questions, you have closed and locked the gate! The only way Rohrabacher/Specter can squirm out now is by crawling under the fence in defeat.
To you goes the highest FReeper accolade:
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