2002 then saw Hird's worst injury, an horrific facial injury sustained in a match against when he collided with teammate Mark McVeigh's knee, breaking or fracturing all but a couple of the bones in his skull ; Hird was in hospital for a week and missed several weeks of the season.

Michael Fortier, McVeigh's accomplice, was his Army roommate.

McVeigh's criterion for potential attack sites was that the target should house at least two of three federal law-enforcement agencies: the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( ATF ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( FBI ), or the Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA ).

" The card was later used as evidence during McVeigh's trial.

Investigators discovered incriminating evidence at his home: ammonium nitrate and blasting caps, the electric drill used to drill out the locks at the quarry, books on bomb-making, a copy of Hunter ( a 1989 novel by William Luther Pierce, the founder and chairman of the white nationalist National Alliance ) and a hand-drawn map of downtown Oklahoma City, on which was marked the Murrah Building and the spot where McVeigh's getaway car was hidden.

McVeigh's sister Jennifer was accused of illegally mailing bullets to McVeigh, but she was granted immunity in exchange for testifying against him.

In April 2010, Joseph Hartzler, the prosecutor at McVeigh's trial, questioned how he could have decided to pass over a prior target building because of an included florist shop but at the Murrah building not "... notice that there's a child day-care center there, that there was a credit union there and a Social Security office?

McVeigh's execution was the first federal execution in 38 years.

" On the morning of McVeigh's execution a letter was released in which he had written " For those die-hard conspiracy theorists who will refuse to believe this, I turn the tables and say: Show me where I needed anyone else.

One of the reasons they parted ways was McVeigh's boredom with Fortier's drug habits.

McVeigh admitted to the police officer ( who noticed a bulge under his jacket ) that he had a gun and McVeigh was subsequently arrested for having driven without plates and illegal firearm possession ; McVeigh's concealed weapon permit was not legal in Oklahoma.

McVeigh's death sentence was delayed pending an appeal.

McVeigh's request for a nationally televised execution was also denied.

" McVeigh's IQ was assessed at 126.

The search turned up blasting caps, detonating cords, ground ammonium nitrate, barrels made of plastic similar to fragments found at the bombing site, 33 firearms, anti-government warfare literature, a receipt for ammonium nitrate fertilizer with McVeigh's fingerprints on it, a telephone credit card that McVeigh had used when he was shopping for bomb making equipment, and a hand-drawn map of downtown Oklahoma City.

Elohim City security director Andreas Strassmeir was a known associate of Timothy McVeigh's ( having met him at a Tulsa gun show ), and federal investigators determined that McVeigh had made a phone call to Elohim City on April 5, 1995, just two weeks prior to the Oklahoma City bombing ( although no one at Elohim City claims to have spoken with him ).

Additionally, five separate women from a nightclub in Tulsa have each identified Brescia as the man who was paying for Tim McVeigh's drinks on April 8, 1995, just three days after McVeigh's suspicious phone call.

The program was criticized as providing a forum for McVeigh to air his viewpoints, and as blunting the effect of McVeigh's cold statements with flashy, computer generated images.

McVeigh's co-conspirator, Terry Nichols, had assisted in the bomb preparation.

McVeigh had previously visited Moore's ranch, but doubts have been raised about Nichols and McVeigh's involvement in the robbery for several reasons.

McVeigh's original plan had been to detonate the bomb at 11: 00 am CST, but at dawn on April 19, 1995, he decided instead to destroy the building at 9: 00 am CST.

In May 2001, the FBI announced that it had withheld over 3, 000 documents from McVeigh's defense counsel.

Even many who agreed with some of McVeigh's politics viewed his act as counterproductive, with much of the criticism focused on the deaths of innocent children ; critics expressed chagrin that McVeigh had not assassinated specific government leaders.

Hanger had passed McVeigh's yellow 1977 Mercury Marquis and noticed that it had no license plate.

Six days prior to his scheduled execution, the FBI turned over thousands of documents of evidence it had previously withheld to McVeigh's attorneys.

They wanted to introduce evidence that a group of white supremacists had been McVeigh's accomplices.

Timothy McVeigh's sister, Jennifer, also claimed he had been one of the participants in several, unspecified bank robberies.

McVeigh's movement in the Ryder truck ( red dashed line ) and escape on foot ( blue dashed line ) on the day of the bombing An aerial view, looking from the north, of the destruction

After an April 21, 1995, court hearing on the gun charges, but before McVeigh's release, federal agents took him into custody as they continued their investigation into the bombing.

Opening arguments in McVeigh's trial began on April 24, 1997.

* Timothy McVeigh's April 27 2001 letter to reporter Rita Cosby, Explains why he bombed the Murrah Federal Building ( posted on independence. net )

John Ross has posted a response to Timothy McVeigh's comments on his website:

In his opening statement Hartzler outlined McVeigh's motivations, and the evidence against him.

During McVeigh's trial, Lori Fortier ( the wife of Michael Fortier ) stated that McVeigh claimed to have arranged the barrels in order to form a shaped charge.

McVeigh's requests for a bulletproof vest or transport by helicopter were denied.

Federal agents obtained a warrant to search the house of McVeigh's father, Bill, following which they broke down the door and wired the house and telephone with listening devices.

McVeigh's attorney, Stephen Jones, filed a motion to delay the demolition until the defense team could examine the site in preparation for the trial.

The prosecution called 137 witnesses, including Michael Fortier and his wife Lori, and McVeigh's sister, Jennifer McVeigh, all of whom testified to confirm McVeigh's hatred of the government and his desire to take militant action against it.

" Despite McVeigh's wishes, Jones attempted to discredit the prosecution's case in an attempt to instill reasonable doubt.

Although the defense teams in both McVeigh's and Nichols trials suggested that others were involved, Judge Steven W. Taylor found no credible, relevant, or legally admissible evidence, of anyone other than McVeigh and Nichols having directly participated in the bombing.

McVeigh's anti-government rhetoric became more radical.