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Excerpts From Timothy McVeigh Letter


Following are excerpts from a letter dated Oct. 20, 1993, and written by Timothy J. McVeigh to his sister Jennifer McVeigh. The idiosyncrasies in spelling and punctuation are Mr. McVeigh's.

Grandpa McVeigh saw this. He never knew why, but one day, I showed up at his door, freezing outside, in only sweat pants and in total, complete breakdown. Gramps, I'm sure, never told anyone about that day, and I respect him greatly for that, as I spent about an hour upstairs ''losing it.'' It was almost suicide at that point, but rage, but denial, but acceptance -- all these feelings were battling for control. . . .

Now here's what led to my current life: It all revolves around my arrival at Ft. Bragg for Special Forces. We all took intelligence, psychological, adeptness, and a whole battery of other tests. (Out of a group of 400). One day in formation, ten (10) Social Security numbers were called out (no names) and told to leave formation. Mine was one.

The 10 of us were told that out of the select group of 400, we had scored highest on certain tests. We had been selected because of our intelligence, physical make-up (165 lbs. 6 ft. being ''ultimate warrier'' type -- I was only slightly off -- 160 lbs. 6'1 1/2''), and physical abilities. We were to feel special, part of a hand-picked group). . . .

We were all asked to ''volunteer'' (talk about peer pressure!) to do some ''work for the government on the domestic, as well as international, front.'' . . .

What I learned next, both from the briefings, and from the questions and private talks included:

1.) We would be helping the CIA fly drugs into the U.S. to fund many covert operations;

2.) Military ''consultants'' were to work hand-in-hand w/civilian police agencies to ''quiet'' anyone whom was deemed a ''security risk.'' (We would be gov't-paid assassins!)

3.)Many other details -- to verify these last two, see the enclosed article, or watch, again the movie ''Lethal Weapon''. . .


http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/01/us/excerpts-from-timothy-mcveigh-letter.html