Documents With Mcveigh Reveal Hate For Government

Bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh was carrying political documents, including a note citing the right to kill political oppressors, when he was arrested in April, a newspaper reported Saturday.

Records unsealed Friday at the request of several news organizations listed a thick envelope as one of the items McVeigh had, but the documents did not reveal the envelope’s contents.

The Daily Oklahoman reported that the envelope contained a copy of the Declaration of Independence and material on the Branch Davidian raid near Waco, Texas. The newspaper did not identify its source.

McVeigh, 27, was stopped for a traffic violation on April 19, less than two hours after a bomb tore the face off the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The bombing claimed 169 lives.

The Daily Oklahoman reported the envelope also contained material on the battles of Lexington and Concord, an editorial cartoon, an antigovernment leaflet and quotations from political philosophers, including John Locke.

The papers could become important evidence in showing McVeigh’s anger toward the federal government prompted the attack.