The saga over Operation Gunrunner (see footnote) has renewed interest in the theory that OKC was a Gunrunner-type operation, which is one of two credible alternate explanations, other than the one I buy, Ramzi Yousef. An eerie common denominator is Eric Holder: He is USAG now, and he was also the U.S. Attorney for D.C. (albeit he didn’t start that job until after OKC), and during his time at that job, it is accused that he had a tangential role in helping the Feds cover up an investigation into the theory of OKC-as-Gunrunner.
This story is the best so far in putting all the pieces together in a relatively short article, trying to explain the OKC-as-Gunrunner theory. It doesn’t say this directly, but it also hints around the fact that the Southern Poverty Law Center directly provoked OKC.
The problem I think with the OKC-as-Gunrunner theory, which would also reubke SPLC provocation, is that the bomb that actually did the damage at Murrah was a sophisticated device planted inside the building that only an educated expert could have put together. Meaning Yousef.
Footnote: I will no longer call that operation “Fast and Furious.” Too many people hear “Fast and Furious” and think about a movie that involves speeding busses on L.A. freeways. “Gunrunner” is more plain and obvious and literally correct. “Gunrunner” = Running guns, easy to grok.
Thanks very much. I wrote the Ok.City bombing/SPLC story you link to on Western Journalism.
As you know, Fast and Furious/”Gunwalker” is nearly as despicable a tale of federal arrogance and abuse of power as Ok.City.
Should any of your readers be interested there is a fine, 2 hour documentary of the Ok. City bombing and the investigation called “A Noble Lie”. It’s available from a number of web suppliers. I watched it just the other day and recommend it. No wacky “conspiracy nut” nonsense, just solid evidence and facts presented by the people who were there.
Thanks again for your kind words.
Doug Book
Have you ever read Day One by the late Bill Cooper and Michele Moore? It was supposed to be the first of a multi volume set, but Bill Cooper died before they could start on the second volume.
And again, I can’t grok any involvement of the Elohim City gang in OKC, because of Ted Gunderson’s proof that the Murrah bomb had to be both sophisticated and planted inside. Unless Strassmeier had the skill set, and perhaps someone who hung around Elohim had a job inside Murrah. However, any theories that end up with the truck bomb are a non-starter with me, because the truck bomb didn’t case the fundamental and 168 times over fatal damage.
Thanks for the Day One reference. You’re quite right about the truck bomb not being able to cause the massive damage to the Murrah building. Explosives experts have testified to that fact for years, even going so far as to reconstruct the pillars supposedly blown apart and the truck bomb which the FBI/feds continue to maintain was responsible. The resulting damage in those tests was nothing CLOSE to what was seen at the Murrah building.