The McVeigh aftermath

Since his execution last week, Timothy McVeigh is out of sight and out of mind for most Americans.

That's the way the federal government wants it – which is reason enough to continue to raise questions about the Oklahoma City bombing and the trial and execution of Timothy McVeigh.

Many of us will continue to demand answers to questions deliberately evaded by Attorney General John Ashcroft, President Bush and their predecessors:

• Why did FBI investigators on the scene of the bombing April 19, 1995, announce to the public and media (including CNN and local television stations) that two more unexploded bombs were found inside the Murrah Building? Why do they steadfastly refuse to explain either how they were mistaken in those findings or their theories about who placed those explosive devices?
• Why did Ashcroft refuse to meet with independent bombing investigator Charles Key, a former Oklahoma legislator, with regard to his findings, which starkly contradict the official government line?
• Why isn't anyone in the FBI being punished for the years-long delay in turning over evidentiary documents to McVeigh's defense?
• How does the FBI explain the way the laws of physics were defied in its lone truck-bomb theory – causing a pattern of damage totally inconsistent with such a device on the ground in front of the building?
• Why were rescue workers prevented from continuing the search for survivors hours after the explosion while federal officials removed boxes of documents from the building, as reported in the New York Daily News?
• Why did the Oklahoma City command post of the FBI order all agents to discontinue the search for other suspects in the bombing shortly after the blast, according to agent Thomas Ravenelle as reported in Digital City Denver?
• Why was McVeigh's initial "confession" fabricated by investigators, as reported in the Washington Post? Was anyone ever disciplined for this abuse of authority?
• Why was there bomb-squad activity in and around the Murrah Building hours before the blast?

• Why were warnings about just such an attack on a federal building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, by an informant of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms ignored by investigators?

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There are many other serious questions I have raised in the past and more I will raise in the future. Timothy McVeigh may be dead, but the government's cover-up of the circumstances surrounding this tragedy continues with a life of its own.

Here's one more abuse to consider – one that has grave implications for all Americans.

The federal government simply did not have constitutional jurisdiction to try or execute McVeigh – only the state of Oklahoma did. The federal government did not own the land on which the Murrah Building stood. This is not a mere technicality. McVeigh was prosecuted under a statute that cites as its authority the Interstate Commerce Clause.

In other words, McVeigh was tried and executed for "having a substantial effect on interstate commerce."

If such twisting of constitutional intent can happen in a high-profile mass murder case like this, it can happen to any of us at any time for any reason the government wants.

But maybe you don't care anymore. Maybe Americans just don't give a darn now because Timothy McVeigh is dead and his ashes reportedly scattered to the four winds. Maybe, also, none of us are concerned about the way the Constitution is being misused, manipulated and shredded before our eyes. Maybe we all just trust our government, have faith in our public officials and don't feel there is any need for accountability any longer in this enlightened media age.

For those of you who fall into those categories, I guess I have nothing to say to you. Perhaps, there is nothing to say that could wake you from your slumber.

Yet, I know there are many who do care. There are many who want to know the truth – not just about Oklahoma City but other government scandals and cover-ups.

I have two suggestions for you to help get you motivated and informed:

• WorldNetDaily has access to several thousand of the last remaining copies of Ambrose Evans-Pritchard's "The Secret Life of Bill Clinton," which devotes several chapters to the Oklahoma City bombing cover-up. This is a great primer written years ago, the facts of which remain unchallenged to this day. Buy it, read it, spread it around. Truth has an amazing impact sometimes.

• There's another cover-up still under way by the federal government – one that bears striking similarities to the Oklahoma City bombing scandal. I'm talking about the downing of TWA Flight 800. No suspects have ever been found in this tragedy, because the government quickly concluded – against all available forensic and eyewitness evidence – that the plane exploded due to a non-existent fuel tank problem. You can learn all about this cover-up in a new video documentary available from WorldNetDaily.