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

by Wendy S. Painting

While the Jones Team’s quest for McVeigh’s records or the anomalous (but overlooked) information in the portions obtained were unknown to Devvy Kidd, she was so convinced that McVeigh “wasn’t himself,” “had a look-alike, [and] a biochip in his rear end, courtesy of the U.S. Army,” that, in 2002, she filed a FOIA request for his military records. She sought his separation from the Army, deployment, and medical records, detailing “the insertion of a micro-chip, a bio-chip or any other object foreign to the human body,” the surgical or other methods used to implant this device and those “that document any visits, phone calls or correspondence [with] Dr. Louis Jolyon (Jolly) West.” A series of refusals, denials and contradictory responses by the Army followed, along with her further appeals.