Today was supposed to be a day for grim justice.
For closure, and for some, a day for revenge. Execution Day for Timothy McVeigh. Instead, the saga of the Oklahoma City Bombing continues, and the newest villain to emerge from the rubble is the FBI. Lawyers for McVeigh and Terry Nichols are poring over thousands of newly released documents. Withheld from them by mismanagment, miscommunication, or a malicious miscalculation. They’re also considering appeals. As victims and their families wait and watch in disbelief. Congress is aghast as well.
They’re asking, again, “how could this happen at the FBI? How could the country’s top law enforcement agency mess up one of the biggest cases of the century?” We’re watching the detectives amd examining the eroding myth of the G-men.
(Hosted by David Ropeik)
Guests:
Rob Warden, Executive Director of the Center on Wrongful Convictions
Cate McCauley, who worked with the defense team for Timothy McVeigh;
one of the scheduled witnesses for McVeigh’s execution
Lois Romano, national reporter for the Washington Post who has covered the Oklahoma City bombing for 6 years.