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McVeigh covering for `John Doe 2,' says lawyer

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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