Timothy James McVeigh Biography |
|
About 3 pages (771 words) |
| Timothy McVeigh Summary |
| Name: | Timothy James McVeigh |
| Birth Date: | April 23, 1968 |
| Death Date: | June 11, 2001 |
| Place of Birth: | Buffalo, New York, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Gender: | Male |
| Occupations: | terrorist |
World of Criminal Justice on Timothy James McVeigh
It took eight seconds on the morning of April 19, 1995, for Americans to be jolted out of complacency concerning terrorists within their borders. A bomb exploded in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The nine-story building was completely destroyed in that short time, with the floors imploding and toppling down upon each other. When the 27-foot-high pile of glass, steel, and concrete had settled, the process of identifying 168 corpses began; 19 of them were children.
At first, a stunned public assumed the bombing was the work of international terrorists. But less than two hours later, Oklahoma state trooper Charlie Hanger arrested American Timothy James McVeigh on charges of driving without license tags and carrying a semiautomatic pistol loaded with "cop killer" bullets, which can penetrate bulletproof vests. Hanger did not realize at the time that he had found a home-grown terrorist. On June 2, 1997, McVeigh was found guilty of eleven charges, including eight counts of first-degree murder of federal agents. He was given the death penalty. An appeals court upheld the conviction and death sentence in September of 1998.
In almost a clicheƩ of terrorist personalities, Timothy McVeigh was regarded by those who knew him as a "quiet boy who kept to himself." His classmates thought him a wimp. Born in 1968, he was raised in a Buffalo, New York, suburb. By the time he graduated from high school, he had become obsessed with guns and extremist right-wing organizations that favored revolutionary changes in government. He earned a scholarship to a state college but dropped out in a few months and joined the army in 1988. McVeigh took to army life and was a model soldier at Fort Riley, Kansas. During the Gulf War, he earned a Bronze Star in Kuwait and returned home to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, where he attempted to qualify for the elite Special Forces. However, after a few weeks, he resigned from the army and drifted to Decker, Michigan, where he resumed a friendship with Terry Nichols, whom McVeigh had met in service.
Nichols and his brother James shared McVeigh's distaste of government. McVeigh began to attend an organization of gun-carrying anarchists, called the Patriots, to which the Nichols brothers belonged. His distate turned to hate, and McVeigh became increasingly paranoid.
When he was picked up after the Oklahoma City bombing, McVeigh's weapon and driving charges were processed and he was about to be released when a computer search turned up a surprising fact. A Ryder agency truck had been seen just two blocks from the building right after the explosion occurred. The computer search identified McVeigh as one of the men who had rented the truck. Now he was charged with destroying federal property. But more damaging evidence soon appeared. Searching the home of Terry Nichols, now living in Kansas, produced a receipt for 2,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, a fertilizer and key ingredient in bomb making. McVeigh's fingerprints were on the receipt. He had no explanation for the use of such a large amount of this substance, traces of which were found on his clothing. It was later learned that McVeigh had visited the Murrah building the December before the bombing, had checked out each of the nine floors, and obviously saw that a day care center was located there.
The trial of Timothy McVeigh lasted six weeks; Terry Nichols was tried separately. Despite the fact that McVeigh had rented the truck, had driven it to Oklahoma City, had purchased the bomb ingredients, and obviously was antigovernment, no witnesses had actually seen him at the scene of the bombing. For the defense, McVeigh did not testify and no witness was able to give testimony that he was other than in Oklahoma City at that time.
Less than a day after the jury received the case, the verdict was in. McVeigh showed no emotion when he was pronounced guilty and sentenced to death. He is now on death row. As an outcome of the Oklahoma City bombing, the Senate passed the so-called McVeigh Bill. It denies veterans' benefits--McVeigh is a veteran--to anyone who is convicted of a federal capital offense, that is, an offense punishable by death.
McVeigh let a deadline expire for resuming appeals and said he wanted to set a date for his execution. Family members of the victims were invited to witness the execution.
It was revealed that the FBI held back over 3,000 important documents from the McVeigh defense team, therefore his execution was delayed from May 16, 2001 until June 11, 2001. This delay allowed the defense team to review these documents. McVeigh died by lethal injection on June 11, 2001.
This is the complete article, containing 771 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page).
http://www.bookrags.com/biography/timothy-james-mcveigh-cri/
Now lets look at The Patriots leader:
Dr Bowman National Commander to the Patriots
Dr. Robert M. Bowman, Lt. Col., USAF, ret. is President of the Institute for Space and Security Studies, Executive Vice President of Millennium III Corporation, and retired Presiding Archbishop of the United Catholic Church. The recipient of the Eisenhower Medal, the George F. Kennan Peace Prize, the President's Medal of Veterans for Peace, the Republic Aviation Airpower Award, the Society of American Military Engineers' ROTC Medal of Merit (twice), the Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters, the Meritorious Service Medal, and numerous other awards, he is one of the country's foremost authorities on national security.
Colonel Bowman flew 101 combat missions as a fighter pilot in Vietnam and directed all the DoD "Star Wars" programs under presidents Ford and Carter. He has been an executive in both government and industry, and has chaired 8 major international conferences. Professor Bowman taught at 5 colleges and universities, serving as Department Head and Assistant Dean. His Ph.D. is in Aeronautics and Nuclear Engineering from Caltech. He has lectured at the National War College, the United Nations, Congressional Caucuses, the Academies of Science of six nations, and the House of Lords.
Dr. Bob Bowman ran for President in the Reform Party in 2000 and was the Democratic candidate for the US Congress from the 15 th Congressional District of Florida in 2006. Bob and his wife of 54 years, Maggie, have 7 children and 21 grandchildren.
http://www.thepatriots.us/pg_02_Bowman_01.html
Now lets say that religion didn't have anything to do with bombing that building. I think it did. I think he got involved with kooks when he bought into the fear that the Dems were going to try to take guns away from the citizens, which they weren't.

