The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as a federal agency, is subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which requires the release of certain records upon request from the public. FOIA compels the release of these records unless the...
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Who Helped McVeigh Blow Up Oklahoma City?
by Richard Booth | Aug 18, 2024 | Featured Articles, OKC
“How do 5 or 6 people see something and describe generally the same thing if it doesn’t exist?” — Dan Vogel, FBI Special Agent, Oklahoma City Field Office “If only one person had seen that, or two or three…but twenty-four? Twenty-four people say, yes I saw him...
The Lies Behind the Oklahoma City Bombing
by Richard Booth | Aug 18, 2024 | Featured Articles, OKC
Despite the seemingly simple conclusion behind the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing, the investigation was exceedingly complicated. To this day, it is still the FBI’s most massive investigation, comprised of millions of pages of evidence. Careful analysis of this paper...
The Oklahoma City Bombing Surveiled: What Do the Videos Show?
by Richard Booth | Aug 18, 2024 | Featured Articles, OKC
Today, closed-circuit surveillance cameras are ubiquitous. You find them everywhere: at gas stations, stoplights, on government property, on private property. At the time of the April 19th, 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, you could find surveillance cameras mounted at...
Who Helped Timothy McVeigh Blow Up Oklahoma City?
by Richard Booth | Aug 18, 2024 | Featured Articles, OKC
Cassville is located in the extreme southwest of Missouri, sitting adjacent to the northeastern Oklahoma and southeastern Kansas state borders. It’s about an hour away from the nearby cities of Joplin and Carthage and about two and a half hours, 130 miles, from Elohim...
The Oklahoma City Bombing Archives: An Introduction & Recommended Reading List
by Richard Booth | Aug 18, 2024 | Featured, Featured Articles, OKC
When I began compiling material for what eventually became “The Oklahoma City Bombing Archives,” I was simply doing background research for a book. Over a period of several years I used commercial databases, libraries, and services that allowed me to scan newspaper...
TGIF: Gaslighting
by Sheldon Richman | Aug 16, 2024 | Economics, Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History, Justice, Politics, Sheldon Richman, TGIF
I wonder who's gaslighting us now. Here are some of the major perpetrators: The pundits and pseudo-economists of all tribes who try to convince us that the government can spend, borrow, and create money almost without limit or harm. What happens when interest on the...
The Taiwan Problem You (Probably) Don’t Know
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Aug 15, 2024 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Taiwan is today lauded for its vibrant democracy, open economy, and progressive society. However, behind this shining exterior is a dark and brutal history that is frequently overlooked; or in the case of Washington and its loyal corporate mouthpieces, purposefully...