By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Did Timothy McVeigh act alone when he detonated a bomb in Oklahoma in 1995? Salt Lake City attorney Jesse Trentadue believes there’s video evidence to prove that McVeigh had help. But the FBI, after many delays, finally issued a report that shows the bureau did not pressure a government operative into…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ouch! An FBI agent who was wounded in the leg in an accidental shooting at the Edmond Police Department’s training facility in Oklahoma was released from the hospital, the Edmond Sun paper reported. Rick Rains, a spokesman for the FBI’s Oklahoma City office, declined to disclose the name of the agent…
Andrew Gumbel is a Los Angeles-based journalist and writer and a longtime foreign correspondent for British newspapers. He is a co-author of the book: “Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed–and Why It Still Matters.” By Andrew Gumbel Huffington Post Ever since Timothy McVeigh’s execution, four months to the day before 9/11, a certain conventional…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com I can’t help but at least mention that Thursday marks the 17th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building where 168 people were killed. We’ve come a long way in dealing with terrorism. The face of it has changed. At the time, the Oklahoma bombing…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Originally indicted by a federal grand jury for firing at an in-flight police helicopter, Michael P. McMichael, of Oklahoma City, was slapped with 46 months in prison for being a habitual methamphetamine user unlawfully in possession of a firearm, the FBI announced on Wednesday. The 19-year-old shot at the police helicopter…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — A U.S. Marshals Service prisoner transport plane taking off from Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport Tuesday morning and headed to various stops, had to return to Oklahoma after experiencing problems, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Airport spokeswoman Karen Carney told the Oklahoman that the MD-80 airplane returned after…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Two men have been indicted in Oklahoma on charges of illegally buying weapons including military type semi-automatic rifles and smuggling some into Mexico, authorities announced Thursday. Gregorio Morales-Martinez, 34, an illegal immigrant from Lewisville, Tex. and Jorge Alexis Blanco, 25, of Stillwater, Ok. were charged with illegally purchasing 43 firearms, including…
Ken Melson and Dennis Burke/atf photo By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — ATF is creating seven new anti-gunrunner groups around the country to try and cut the flow of illegal firearms to Mexico. In announcing the new move, ATF said it was placing the groups “along traditional and newly-discovered firearms trafficking routes and hubs” in…
