t children. Many lost loved ones in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building just because one man wanted to kill people. Why did he want to kill these people in this building? He is a terrorist who wanted to express his beliefs, and after the bombing was done and over with he still believed that he was innocent and that a man should not be convicted because of his beliefs.It’s been nearly five years since the bombing, the lives of many Americans have changed, directly and indirectly from the act itself and through the enactment of new laws passed by congress. On the fifteenth of April of the year nineteen hundred and ninetyfive marked a histroic and tragic day in the eyes of America. On this day Terry Nichols, Timothy McViegh, and some others decided to set a bomb off in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, killing over a hundred of adults and children. But it seems that more questions than answers have evolved. It came as no surprise to anyone that Timothy McVeigh was a poster boy for the death penalty. The question now is, will it make the next madman think twice before blowing up another building? Will his death bring back those who perished? Will this event give closure to those families who lost loved ones? Many questions have also evolved from the passing of the “Anti-Terrorist Bill.” Does this bill give more power to our government agencies resulting in another Waco tragedy, it makes it a crime to contribute money to organizations that the government arbitrarily designates as a foreign organization or “terrorist.” (Anti-terrorism) Terrorist acts increase wiretapping, search and seizure, and invasive surveillance of private citizens. According to a book written by David Hoffman, The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror, he details the evidence about the U.S. government’s alliance with the terrorist underworld and a sting operation that led to th...
