Bombing In Oklahoma City

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And was this a “sting operation” that ended in tragedy? Officials deny these allegations, but evidence outlined here suggests they did know.
Carol Howe, an informant recruited by ATF agents in 1994, reported that al least two months before the Oklahoma City bombing, members of a white separatist group had been staking-out federal buildings in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, and that they had actually driven to the Murrah Building at least three times to photograph the site. In a letter delivered to the U.S. justice Dept. in Denver, Colorado, on April 6, 1995, an informant, who was granted immunity in September of 1994, gave information about a bombing conspiracy he overheard in Kingman, Arizona. The plot, expected to take place in the Midwest sometime in mid-April, involved a combination of American citizens, as well as Arabic or Latin American conspirators. There were also rumors of an alert memo sent on March 22, 1995. Here law enforcement officials received warnings to be on ...

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