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...case file and shared with defense lawyers. Not until Tuesday were McVeigh's lawyers notified--and even then FBI officials waited two more days to analyze the documents before telling Freeh; they were ashen as they left his office. He was, says one insider, "absolutely tear-ass." Bush and Ashcroft learned Thursday as well, and immediately after Ashcroft's Friday press conference, officials from the Justice Department Inspector General's office descended on the bureau to investigate what had gone wrong...
...when it goes forward, McVeigh's will be the first federal execution since 1963. Another, that of Juan Raul Garza for three drug-related murders, is set for June. Attorney General John Ashcroft says he sees no need for a moratorium. He wouldn't be the first to change his mind...
Then the FBI revealed that it had suddenly found 3,135 documents about the Oklahoma City bombing investigation that McVeigh's defense lawyers had never seen, and Attorney General John Ashcroft stopped the clock. The problem was not that there were doubts about McVeigh's guilt; he has admitted that. This was not the discovery of some sinister plot, Justice officials insisted--just human error, maybe a computer glitch. But it was another bomb exploding nonetheless. Ashcroft looked drained and solemn as he announced that McVeigh's execution would be postponed for a month so his defense lawyers could review...
...Elaine Shannon: Anything we say at this point is pure speculation, of course. But Freeh has a very able deputy, and I think in the end he will leave. Ashcroft did not look happy when he had to go on television and explain what happened in the McVeigh investigation - I think the Justice Department would just as soon see Freeh go and let everybody move on. No one?s going to be begging him to stick around...
...task: Read through more than 3,000 documents, determine whether they contain information relevant to their case, and convince their client that he does, in fact, want to pursue a new route of appeal. And all this needs to take place before June 11, the day Attorney General John Ashcroft has set aside for McVeigh?s execution...