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McVeigh covering for `John Doe 2,' says lawyer
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Chicago Sun-Times
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May 8, 2001
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Timothy McVeigh failed a lie detector test when he denied there
was a "John Doe 2," the Oklahoma City bomber's former lawyer says.
That test, four months after the crime, was the beginning of what
Stephen Jones calls McVeigh's deception and manipulation aimed at
portraying himself as the ultimate American anti-hero.
McVeigh is covering up for a still-unidentified accomplice, Jones
said.
Speaking out with specifics for the first time as his former
client faces death by lethal injection, Jones told of several
instances in which he said McVeigh was caught changing his story when
evidence surfaced of others involved.
McVeigh's intent, Jones said, was to claim the entire
responsibility for the ...
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