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...there that Leon Panetta, Clinton's chief of staff, passed the President a yellow legal pad with notes scribbled across the page with Panetta's trademark blue felt-tip pen. "Half of federal building in O.K. City blown up--expect heavy casualties," the note read. "Called Janet Reno--she has dispatched...
...distress." Two years earlier to the day, Clinton had fumbled his handling of one of the first crises of his Administration, the fiery raid by federal agents of the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas. On that day, Clinton all but disappeared from public view, leaving it to Reno, his new Attorney General, to take charge and accept blame. Last week there was no blame to accept, but the significance of the moment was not lost on anyone in the White House. As more information poured in throughout the day, Clinton and his aides debated when and how the President...
...taken into custody as potential witnesses. A possible motive: McVeigh was said to be obsessed with the Federal Government's 1993 assault on Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas. At week's end, as the fbi detained another suspect in San Bernardino, California, officials continued their investigation. Attorney General Janet Reno announced authorities would seek the death penalty for whoever is charged with the bombing...
Timothy McVeigh, one of the two suspects sought in the Oklahoma City bombing, was arrested in Perry, Oklahoma on unrelated speeding charges the day of the bombing, FBI officials said. Attorney General Reno planned to release details at a news conference after 3 p.m. The man in custody has a crew cut. The other suspect, who may still be at large, is 5'9" to 5'10" tall, weighs 175 to 180 pounds, and has brown hair and a tattoo...
Justice Department officials said two unidentified white men, who remain at large, may be responsible for the Oklahoma City car bombing. At an afternoon new conference, Attorney General Janet Reno announced the U.S. would offer $2 million for information leading to the arrest or conviction of a pair of "John Does" linked to a vehicle thought to contain the massive bomb that tore apart the Alfred P. Murrah federal building. The FBI said the link to the two men was established by identifying a Ryder rental truck as the vehicle used in the bombing. It was rented in Junction City...