Article: FBI EXPERTS CRUCIAL TO BOTH SIDES PROSECUTION MUST LINK MCVEIGH TO BOMBING; DEFENSE NEEDS TO RAISE CONTAMINATION ANGLE.(Local)

Byline: Karen Abbott Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer

The FBI experts who testified Monday about explosives evidence are crucial to both prosecution and defense.

The prosecution needs them to link Timothy McVeigh to bomb-making.

The defense needs them to raise the possibility that McVeigh's clothing and other crucial evidence were contaminated by FBI crime lab specialists.

Much of Monday's focus was on a fragmented panel from the Ryder truck that allegedly carried the bomb.

Defense attorney Christopher Tritico quickly tried to cast doubt on its validity.

Tritico accused FBI chemist Ronald Kelly of lying in describing ...

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