McVeigh stated in his authorized biography that he wanted to minimize nongovernmental casualties, so he ruled out a 40-story government building in Little Rock, Arkansas, because of the presence of a florist's shop on the ground floor.

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 later stated that he was unaware of the day-care center when choosing the building as a target, and if he had known "... it might have given me pause to switch targets.

" The FBI stated that McVeigh scouted the interior of the building in December 1994 and likely knew of the day-care center before the bombing.

McVeigh stated that his only regret was not completely leveling the federal building.

" In the 2001 book American Terrorist, McVeigh stated that he did not believe in Hell and that science is his religion.

In interviews before his execution, documented in American Terrorist, McVeigh stated he decapitated an Iraqi soldier with cannon fire on his first day in the war and celebrated.

McVeigh personally stated that his attack was in response to the Waco massacre and the Ruby Ridge tragedy.

McVeigh stated, " It's a decision that I've been to-ing and fro-ing with for about eight weeks.

Gilchrist ’ s attorney stated that, " The criticism of Gilchrist around here is second only to that of Timothy McVeigh.

In the fall of 1994 Nichols quit his job, telling his employer he was going into business with McVeigh.

McVeigh initially intended only to destroy a federal building, but he later decided that his message would be better received if many people were killed in the bombing.

McVeigh had originally intended to use hydrazine rocket fuel, but it proved to be too expensive.

McVeigh wore a printed T-shirt with the motto of the Commonwealth of Virginia, Sic semper tyrannis (" Thus always to tyrants ", which was shouted by John Wilkes Booth immediately after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ) and " The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants " ( from Thomas Jefferson ).

" Underneath, McVeigh had scrawled, " Maybe now, there will be liberty!

McVeigh hoped to inspire a revolt against what he considered to be a tyrannical federal government.

McVeigh was introduced to firearms by his grandfather, and told people he wanted to be a gun shop owner and sometimes took firearms to school to impress his classmates.

McVeigh had a road atlas with hand-drawn designations of the most likely places for nuclear attacks and considered buying property in Seligman, Arizona, which he determined to be in a " nuclear-free zone.

McVeigh defended the practice of owning multiple guns, saying it was like the common practice of keeping an assortment of screwdrivers in one's toolbox ; one needed to be sure of having the right tool for the job.

Timothy McVeigh about to be led out of a Perry, Oklahoma courthouse two days after the Oklahoma City bombing

McVeigh had earlier written that he considered having his ashes dropped at the site of the memorial where the Murrah building once stood, but decided that would be " too vengeful, too raw, cold.

In 2001, he traveled to Terre Haute, Indiana, to be one of the media witnesses to the execution of Timothy McVeigh.

The defense argued that Nichols had been controlled by a " dominant, manipulative " McVeigh and urged jurors not to be persuaded by the " flood of tears " of the victims who testified.

In an interview on PBS, Lee Kuan Yew pointed out that each bomb would be twice the size of the one detonated by Timothy McVeigh at the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City.

After Feguer's death, it would be nearly 40 years until the next federal execution – that of Timothy McVeigh, carried out on June 11, 2001, in Terre Haute, Indiana.

On May 9, 2001, The Stars and Stripes reported that the Exchange would not stock American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & The Oklahoma City Bombing on its shelves, nor would they allow it to be special ordered by customers at their stores.

An episode of American TV series The West Wing's first season, Take This Sabbath Day, deals with the imminent execution of drug lord and murderer Simon Cruz, likewise sentenced under the " Drug Kingpin " Act and to be executed by injection at Terre Haute ( for killing two individuals in Michigan ), who is described as the first individual to be executed by federal authorities since 1963 ( probably alluding to the case of Victor Feguer, who would have been the last before Garza, had not Timothy McVeigh been executed eight days earlier ).

McVeigh was said to be pleased overall with the book, but disappointed with the way he was portrayed and the explanation of his motive.

In March 1993, McVeigh visited the Waco site during the standoff, and then again after its conclusion.

With disposals in the high 20's and a career high of 36 disposals, McVeigh was determined to get Essendon back on track.

In addition, McVeigh believed that the open space around the building would provide better photo opportunities for propaganda purposes.

McVeigh was reprimanded by the military for purchasing a " White Power " T-shirt at a Ku Klux Klan protest against black servicemen who wore what he viewed as " Black Power " T-shirts around the army base.

That same day convicted murderer Richard Wayne Snell, who had ties to one of the bombers, Timothy McVeigh, is executed in Arkansas.

* 1995 – Oklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing.

The main weekend presenters include Tim Willcox, Maxine Mawhinney, Nicholas Owen, Clive Myrie and Annita McVeigh.

* The Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh chose the poem as his final ( written ) statement.

* 2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

* 1997 – A jury sentences Timothy McVeigh to death for his part in the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

* 1997 – In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted on 15 counts of murder and conspiracy for his role in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

* Capture and conviction of Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols for the Oklahoma City bombing.

At the April 2008 " Toward a Science of Consciousness " Conference held in Tucson, Arizona, Marcel Kuijsten ( Executive Director and Founder of the Julian Jaynes Society ) and Brian J. McVeigh ( University of Arizona ) hosted a workshop devoted to Jaynesian psychology.

At the same conference, a panel devoted to Jaynes was also held, with John Limber ( University of New Hampshire ), Marcel Kuijsten, John Hainly ( Southern University ), Scott Greer ( University of Prince Edward Island ), and Brian J. McVeigh presenting relevant research.

* 1999 – The Supreme Court of the United States upholds the murder convictions of Timothy McVeigh for the Oklahoma City bombing.

Within 90 minutes of the explosion, Timothy McVeigh was stopped by Oklahoma State Trooper Charlie Hanger for driving without a license plate and arrested for unlawfully carrying a weapon.

Forensic evidence quickly linked McVeigh and Terry Nichols to the attack ; Nichols was arrested, and within days both were charged.

McVeigh, an American militia movement sympathizer who was a Gulf War veteran, had detonated an explosive-filled Ryder truck parked in front of the building.

Motivated by his hatred of the federal government and angered by what he perceived as its mishandling of the Waco Siege ( 1993 ) and the Ruby Ridge incident ( 1992 ), McVeigh timed his attack to coincide with the second anniversary of the deadly fire that ended the siege at Waco.

McVeigh was executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001, and Nichols was sentenced to life in prison.

Michael and Lori Fortier testified against McVeigh and Nichols ; Michael was sentenced to 12 years in prison for failing to warn the U. S. government, and Lori received immunity from prosecution in exchange for her testimony.

McVeigh and Nichols cited the federal government's actions against the Branch Davidian compound in the 1993 Waco Siege ( shown above ) as a reason they perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing.

The chief conspirators, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, met in 1988 at Fort Benning during basic training for the U. S. Army.