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...York Times reported that Oklahoma City bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh admitted to two people who talked to him in jail that he was responsible for the blast, but McVeigh's lawyer disputed the report. The newspaper also reported that Michael Fortier, a friend of McVeigh's, told federal prosecutors that the two men inspected the Oklahoma City building several days before the blast...
...Michael Fortier, a friend of bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh, may plead guilty to limited charges in theOklahoma City bombingin return for his testimony against McVeigh and Terry Nichols, the only men charged so far in the case. Prosecutors say Fortier will testify, but that he is trying to bargain for the best deal possible. "This guy wants something for everything he says," an unnamed federal official told the Associated Press. Fortier could plead guilty to lesser charges of having knowledge of the conspiracy and lying to federal officials. One possible stumbling block to a plea bargain is Fortier's perceived...
...Live last week that his father "started going to gun shows and making little bombs" and in Kansas, showed him how to make and detonate explosives as well. Nichols' brother James and McVeigh's sister Jennifer are being pressed for new leads, as are McVeigh's Army buddy Mike Fortier; Ed Paulsen, proprietor of a gun store in Antigo, Wisconsin; and Paulsen's son David...
...time last year, McVeigh lived in Michigan, with the Nichols brothers. However, in the past couple of years, his home base appears to have been Kingman, Arizona. For at least part of his time there, he lived with Michael Fortier, another Army buddy; although fbi agents have questioned him, they say Fortier is not John Doe No. 2. But Kingman residents mostly express surprise that a man so unobtrusive should now be so notorious. Bob Ragin, the owner of the Canyon West Mobile & RV Park, where McVeigh lived in a blue-and-white 40-ft. trailer for four months...
...Tuttle as an alias. Dressed in combat boots and fatigues, McVeigh picked up his mail at the Mail Room in Kingman with noticeable regularity. However, Mail Room manager Lynda Willoughby recalls that during a two-week period in late February and early March of this year, Michael Fortier picked up McVeigh's mail. Furthermore, Willoughby says, a second man -- who appears to match the description of John Doe No. 2 -- came in once for the mail. Given McVeigh's wide travels, why target Oklahoma City? TIME has learned that McVeigh may have visited federal buildings in Omaha and Dallas, asking...