expert Stephen Sloan that McVeigh’s arrest in Perry had actually been “detrimental to the federal investigation [of the bombing] because there [were] indications that the FBI had a lead on Tim the day of the bombing or perhaps the next day, [had already] tracked him to Perry and they wanted to wait until Tim bonded out to follow him and see where he went.” At the last minute, however, the ATF tracked McVeigh to the Perry jail, which really “screwed things up for the FBI.”
