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Nickdfresh
01-20-2006, 05:32 PM
McVeigh conspirator free

Friday, January 20, 2006; Posted: 3:53 p.m. EST (20:53 GMT)

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2006/LAW/01/20/oklahomacity.fortier.ap/vert.fortier.file.ap.jpg
Michael Fortier was released from federal prison on Friday, his attorney says.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) (http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/01/20/oklahomacity.fortier.ap/index.html) -- Michael Fortier, the government's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing trials, was released from federal prison Friday after serving more than 10 years for failing to warn authorities about the plot.

Fortier, 37, received a 12-year sentence after striking a plea bargain in which he agreed to testify against Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols. He got time off for good behavior.

His attorney, Michael McGuire, would not say who met Fortier or where he would live.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has declined to release any information about Fortier, and the secrecy surrounding his release prompted speculation that he was entering the witness protection program. But McGuire would not comment on that.

"He really just wants to be with his wife and children to try to recover some of the lost time that they didn't have," the lawyer said. Fortier, who is originally from Kingman, Arizona, has a wife, Lori, and two children.

Fortier's release received a mixed reaction from prosecutors and the bombing victims' families. The April 19, 1995, bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building killed 168 people and injured more than 500 others.

"He may have outlived his prison sentence, but he will never outlive his responsibility," said Oklahoma County District Attorney Wes Lane, who prosecuted Nichols on state murder charges in 2004.

Jannie Coverdale, who lost two grandsons in the blast, said Fortier should have gotten a life sentence. She said his role in the blast was as significant as that of Nichols.

"Michael Fortier being out of prison? There's no way I can forget that. He helped murder my grandsons," she said.

McVeigh was convicted on federal charges and was executed in 2001. Nichols was found guilty on state and federal charges and is serving life in prison.

Fortier testified that he received stolen weapons that were sold to finance the bombing, shared money from their sale with McVeigh, handled blasting caps and other explosives and had the same anti-government literature that McVeigh gave Nichols. Fortier also accompanied McVeigh on a trip to case the building four months before the bombing.

Aitan Goelman, who served on the bombing prosecution team, said Fortier's release was appropriate.

"He has paid his debt to society," Goelman said. "Knowing about a horrible crime and doing nothing to prevent it is on one side, and on the other side of the scale is the tremendous assistance he provided to the government in order to prosecute the guys who actually did the bombing."

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FORD
01-20-2006, 05:38 PM
Amazing isn't it?

John Walker Lindh, dumbass that he may be, had nothing to do with any terrorist attack on America, yet he's universally damned by the Busheep and the Whore Media as if he were the 20th hijacker.

Meanwhile McVeigh's accomplice walks, and they won't wven call him what he is... A GODDAMNED FUCKING MURDERING TERRORIST.

Nickdfresh
01-20-2006, 05:41 PM
I agree. It's funny that Lindh, while what he did was shitty, was guilty of fighting US-allied NA/CIA troops, he didn't murder civilians and law enforcement personnel, and this fucker had more to do with it than just knowing about the plot...

jhale667
01-20-2006, 06:23 PM
Originally posted by FORD
Amazing isn't it?

John Walker Lindh, dumbass that he may be, had nothing to do with any terrorist attack on America, yet he's universally damned by the Busheep and the Whore Media as if he were the 20th hijacker.

Meanwhile McVeigh's accomplice walks, and they won't wven call him what he is... A GODDAMNED FUCKING MURDERING TERRORIST.

I agree. Lindh's a dumbass; this guy was fully aware of what he was doing...and should rot.