This month's new issue of Vanity Fair has a startling story entitled The Meaning of Timothy McVeigh by Gore Vidal which should be very disturbing to folks who hover on all sides of the political (or apolitical) spectrum. I have to say my jaw hung agape at many of the allegations published by an author of Vidal's reputation and stature. I strongly recommend it to anyone who cares about the erosion of our Constitutional rights. I must say, that now, I really don't know what to think about this USn "gov't" of ours, anymore. The article is titled The Meaning of Timothy McVeigh. Here's the liner and URL for the page (although I'm not sure it's available to read online...at least, I couldn't find a way into it):

Most people think they know the full story of Timothy
McVeigh's crime and punishment. But Gore Vidal marshals
a powerful, unsettling case for a pattern of government
concealment and manipulation. Was the Oklahoma City
tragedy used to pass anti-terrorism laws that further weaken
the Bill of Rights?

http://www.subscriberdirect.com/vf/0109/toc.cfm

I decided not to start a new McVeigh thread since the original was not too long, and fairly recent.