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in the district next to mine.
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On this farm
in Decker, Michigan,
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McVeigh and the Nichols
brothers made practice bombs
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before Oklahoma City.
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Terry and James were both
arrested in connection
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to the bombing.
[ TV news ]: U.S. attorneys
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formally linked the Nichols
brothers of Michigan
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with Oklahoma bomb suspect
Timothy McVeigh.
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Officials charged James,
who was at the hearing,
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and Terry, who was not,
with conspiring
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to make and possess
small bombs.
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- Terry Nichols was convicted
and received a life sentence.
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Timothy McVeigh was executed.
But the feds
:12:33
didn't have the goods on James,
:12:35
so the charges were dropped.
- I'm just glad
:12:38
to be out and free,
so I can get on with my life.
:12:41
- Did Timothy McVeigh
ever stay here?
:12:43
- Yes. Yes. He stayed here
several times.
:12:46
For the longest period, about
three months or so, I dunno.
:12:49
But, uh, he was a nice guy.
:12:50
- Decent guy?
- Oh, yeah.
:12:52
- They didn't find anything
on this farm.
:12:54
- As to what,
:12:55
bomb-making material?
- Any kind of explosives.
:12:57
- Uh, yeah, I had blasting caps,
dynamite blasting caps,
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dynamite fuse, black powder,
you know?
:13:03
For muzzle loaders and...
Sure.
:13:06
Diesel fuel, fertilizer, but,
uh, that is normal farm stuff
:13:09
that is no way connected
any way whatsoever to, uh,
:13:13
the Oklahoma City bombing
or bomb making.
:13:15
Them people - law enforcement,
if you wanna call 'em that -
:13:19
were here and they were shaking
in their shoes.
:13:22
They were physically shaking.
Scared to death.
:13:26
- Of?
:13:27
- Because they thought this
was gonna be another Waco.
:13:30
Because certain people...
:13:33
namely my ex-wife
and other people,
:13:36
said I'm a radical,
I'm a wild man,
:13:39
I got a gun under every arm,
down every leg and every shoe,
:13:43
every corner of the house.
:13:45
You say anything to me,
I'll shoot ya.
:13:48
If the people find out how
they've been ripped off
:13:51
and... and enslaved in this
country by the government,
:13:56
by the powers-to-be...