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Terry Nichols, currently held as a material witnessin theOklahoma City bombing, may now be charged with involvement in the case, the Dallas Morning News reports today. The paper also reports that several witnesses say they saw Nichols' pickup at the Kansas lake where FBI investigators believe the bomb was assembled. Nichols is currently fighting extradition from Wichita to face a Grand Jury in Oklahoma City. At the Alfred P. Murrah building,rescue crews ended their attempt to recover bodies. An estimated 25 bodies are still inside, and authorities say that they may never be recovered. Officials now say 152 people...
Assistant FBI Director Larry Potts, who is heading theOklahoma City investigation, was promoted today by Attorney General Janet Reno to Deputy Director of the FBI, the agency's second highest position. Less than a month ago, he received a written reprimand for his mishandling of the fatal 1992 raid on the Idaho home of Randy Weaver. Potts was also in charge ofthe Waco siege...
Several promising leads emerged today in the massive investigation of theOklahoma bombing. Federal authorities now say they have a videotape that showsbombing suspect Timothy McVeigh's Arizona license plate on a different car than the one he was driving when he was arrested, theAssociated Pressreports. Officials believe that John Doe No. 2 may have used the second car to leave the scene of the bombing. Authorities are also investigating the owner of a military supply store in Antigo, Wisconsin and his son to see if they supplied small explosive devices needed totrigger the Oklahoma City bomb, the Los AngelesTimesreported. Police...
...liberties. "I don't want us to panic," said Joseph Biden (D-Del.). Even Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-Kan.), thepresident's leading rival for 1996, straddled the fence: "America will not be paralyzed into inaction by those who have committed this evil deed," Dole said, referring to theOklahoma City bombing. But he also said there was "no big rush here" to pass legislation...
Senate leaders responded swiftly toPresident Clinton's request for broad new powers to fight terrorism, promising to pass sweeping new legislation in response to theOklahoma City bombing. "I know I speak for all the Senate when I say that we stand with all the people of Oklahoma, committed to doing all that is needed to protect America from the terrorist threat," Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole said in a speech on the Senate floor. Democrats backed him. Senate Judiciary Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) said he and Dole would introduce a bill that combines tougher penalties for terrorist acts...