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
That...and there was an immediate political benefit to casting "right-wing wackos" as the perpetrators of the Murrah Building attack.
Clinton and the Democrats had just lost Congress to the Republican revolution, remember. In April, 1995, President Clinton had become an irrelevancy. Blaming the attack on right-wing militias made him relevant again.
Without having to go to all the trouble of getting serious about Middle Eastern terrorism, of course...
Doug, that is an excellent idea - Hire Mark Fuhrman !!
They tried to demonize him during the OJ debacle, but he sure as hell nailed that Skakel scum for the death of Martha -----ack, her last name went right out of my head.
BTW, I think I saw mentioned that he was going to Aruba to investigate Natalee's disappearance, (speaking of gov't corruption)
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If we had more "peaches" in this battle, I have no doubt arrests would be made. Thanks, Peach.
I called Specter's office periodically after his interview with Jayna, and finally the suit on the phone told me that Arlen had investigated but there wasn't anything there, (paraphrasing, of course)
Oxen and Mo1; could you please use your ping lists to this thread? Thanks.
You obviously have been following developments very closely. Yes, the 9-11 commissions questions former FBI Director Freeh about my research but never called me. I write about the behind-the-scenes movement that brought my book to the hearings on April 13, 2004 and the decision to ignore it from that point forward in the "afterword" of the paperback. When you have a moment, go to your local book store and read the addendum to The Third Terrorist. It's 35 pages and there is no need to purchase it. You can read the updates in less than an hour.
Chapter 11 of my book address the egregious public disservice conducted by Specter and his staff. His actions will leave you outraged.
Jayna, re: post 50 on this thread.
Do you think the WTC '93 bombing, OKC, and TWA 800 are all related to Iraqi terrorists?
Are you aware of a pilot suing under FOIA, for information on TWA 800? He believes it was shot down. Again, loads of witnesses, who were deemed "not credible".
Jayna, I'm embarrassed to say I haven't read your book yet. I'm getting it tomorrow for my 4th of July family reunion week. Hopefully, I'll awaken some interest among our (huge) family.
I have not personally investigated the downing of TWA 800 but am hopeful that the pilot's lawsuit will yield more evidence. Chapter 14 of my book tells of a loose, yet intriguing potential connection between the Iraqi suspects in OKC and the downing of TWA. Once again, this is speculation on my part, but based, in large part, upon an extraordinary timeline of events.
Thanks for that information.
I'm going to buy the paperback too and after I read it donate it to our local library.
I want it to have a wider readership.
(dfu's post on the thread)Bill Clinton used the OKC bombing to save his presidency. He then concentrated on the dreaded right wing militias instead of the real culprits --- the Islamofascists who were allowed to grow until they took down the Twin Towers.
My response...
****** The week after OKC, I happened to be on the East Coast, chaperoning 38 high school foreign exchange students. On Tuesday morning of that week, while in NYC, we went to the NBC Studios in hope of getting some face time for our organization on the Today show.
While standing on the streetcorner, a couple of NBC pages were out soliciting the crowd with "free tickets" to a television show. Our group accepted the offer and were were in the studio audience of the Phil Donohue Show.
Donohue had received his talking points from the Clinton White House. The entire show was a hit piece against the right wing militia groups. They had satelite hook-ups to some reps of a Michigan Militia group. That developed into a gun-grabbing diatribe by Donohue.
Just a little tidbit from my perspective of events following the assault on OKC. We did, btw, have a student in our group who was living in OKC. She really didn't have much to say on the subject.
I have to jump out.
Doug...I'd like to see a formal plan of action among freepers and will help any way I can.
A thread posted to breaking news or activism might help. Let me know what I/we can do and I'll do whatever you want.
We have GOT to put more pressure on Congress.
Thanks Peach, Doug, and all the Freepers for inviting me and taking a moment to let their voice be heard on the Hill.
Thank you for all you do.
I was watching "30 Days" last night, were the guy lives like a Muslim for 30 days. During the show, one of the real Muslims pointed out how it was the Christian, McVeigh who brought down the OKC building...and nobody said anything bad about Christians.
Aside from the fact that I don't even know if McVeigh was a practicing Christian, this Muslim obviously missed the furor that followed, as militia groups, right-wingers and talk-radio were all targeted...by no less than the President of the US. If Bush...or anyone, had made these same accusations that Clinton made, the lawsuits would've been flying. These people see only what they want to see.
Why don't those of us who don't yet have your paperback donate our hardbacks to our local library -- and get ourselves your updated paperback?!?
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Blessings and prayers for you and your family!
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