Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh

by Wendy S. Painting

According to FBI records in the Jones Collection, as early as July 1995, an Inspector General from the New York State Military Affairs Office with the rank of major provided the FBI and the Army’s Criminal Intelligence Division (CID) in Fort Sill, Oklahoma with some of the records. When he did so, the Major advised the FBI that the “documents can only be used for Government purpose and are covered by the Privacy Act.” On March 12, 1996, the Jones Team’s military records expert visited Ft. Riley, but upon his return notified the team that he “was not able to look at division files for the Desert Storm period as these records had been sent to the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, DC – at their request!” Two days later, when the legal team contacted Captain Rodriguez (formerly Lt.) to discuss “certain aspects of Tim’s records,” he declined, explaining that two FBI agents instructed him not to discuss his knowledge of McVeigh or the contents of the records with anyone – especially the defense team.