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McVeigh's Blast Pattern and Freedom of Information Battles

from Kump Joins Team 10 · #78

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5 min

Tim continues detailing the documentary's case that the bomb's damage pattern doesn't match its claimed size, plus stories of elevator freefall survivors and FOIA fights over Elohim City documents.

In this bit10 moments
  • 54:15FBI infiltrated Elohim City compound but denies McVeigh was part of it to avoid admitting they knew about the connection.
  • 54:41Leaked transcriptive documents made McVeigh appear almost like an FBI informant before a judge forced the documents to be handed over.
  • 55:10Tim compares the documentary to a TWA 800 film—no smoking gun but enough circumstantial evidence that something definitely happened.
  • 55:36Local TV station and 2020 both did retrospectives on prior FBI knowledge of Oklahoma City; federal government shut them down.
  • 56:03The blast pattern is compelling—the building's front was torn apart in a way that seems inconsistent with a truck bomb.
  • 56:23Fertilizer bombs tend to be air explosions that don't tear apart cement and rebar the way the building was damaged.
  • 56:39Documentary recreates other explosions and bombs that were more powerful but caused far less damage than the Oklahoma City blast.
  • 57:08FBI or ATF agents claimed they were in free fall for five or six floors in an elevator, but elevator mechanics said the top was sealed and never opened.
  • 57:48Tim wonders why McVeigh would go along with being a patsy if he was set up.
  • 58:04A lawyer on McVeigh's defense team also worked on Jack Ruby's case and helped trick a woman into being involved in other major incidents—pattern is very odd and creepy.
Mentioned here

Timothy McVeighElohim CityOklahoma City bombingTWA 800Jack Ruby

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