FBI Tells of Bomb Talk by Suspects

In the months before the Oklahoma City bombing, Terry L. Nichols and Timothy J. McVeigh spent hours debating the best way to build a bomb, two FBI agents testified at Nichols’ trial. In a nine-hour interview two days after the blast, Nichols initially said he didn’t know about bomb construction but later acknowledged that he and McVeigh “had a curiosity about if they could build a bomb,” said FBI agent Scott Crabtree. The two men pored over bombing literature at gun shows, trying to decide which devices would work best for particular situations, added FBI agent Stephen Smith.