[DonQ]

The "John Doe Number Two" business may be one of the FBI's more embarrassing glitches. The car rental clerk said he saw a second man - who might have come in with McVeigh, or, equally, might have been completely unconnected to McV and was just browsing in the shop - and he only saw him in profile (the man's left side, I think).

Whereupon the FBI sketch artist, who was so accustomed to working up the standard FBI sketches of fugitives in full face, puffed that profile description into a full face - with the purported suspect's right side, the spacing of the eyes, the width of the face and the mouth, etc. - invented out of thin air. No wonder nobody could find him! It took the FBI about a week to admit to its mistake and by that time the bogus sketch had appeared everywhere and hardly anyone paid attention to the "corrected" sketch.

However, a McDonald's restaurant security camera caught McV on his way to the car rental place and he was alone at that time.

I have no doubt that, at various times, McV was able to strike up conversations with innocent strangers, and this John Doe nr.2 may be that sort of random innocent stranger.

[JCG]

Whereupon the FBI sketch artist, who was so accustomed to working up the standard FBI sketches of fugitives in full face, puffed that profile description into a full face - with the purported suspect's right side, the spacing of the eyes, the width of the face and the mouth, etc. - invented out of thin air.

This is news to me. Do you have any links to source material?

America's Fifth Column ... watch Steve Emerson/PBS documentary JIHAD! In America
Download 8Mb File Here (Requires RealPlayer)

Who is Steve Emerson?