Man Tied to Ok. City Bombing to Be Freed: Fortier Wants to See Family

[DeepModem Mom]

WP/AP: Lawyer Says Fortier Wants to See Family
By ROCHELLE HINES
The Associated Press
Wednesday, January 18, 2006; 7:28 PM


OKLAHOMA CITY -- The government's star witness in the Oklahoma City bombing case is looking forward to spending time with family after serving his sentence, his attorney said Wednesday.

The U.S. Bureau of Prisons this week sent victims of the 1995 bombing and relatives of those killed letters informing them that Michael Fortier would be released from custody on Friday.

Fortier, who was taken into custody in August 1995, agreed to a plea deal and was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Good-behavior time credits are allowing him to get out now, said his attorney, Michael McGuire....

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Fortier and his wife, Lori, knew about Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols' plot to blow up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, an explosion that killed 168 people.

The Arizona couple testified against McVeigh, who was executed in 2001, and Nichols, who has been sentenced to life in prison in state and federal courts. Lori Fortier was granted immunity from prosecution....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/18/AR2006011800220.html

[adriennui]

1. crime does pay

fortier and nichols were conspirators, they could have stopped mcveigh. this is bulls--t!!!!!!!!

[MrSlayer]

2. If any of my family were in that building.

This guy wouldn't have long to enjoy his freedom.

[PinkTiger]

3. Without Fortier, they would not have had a conviction.

This was an example of the system working, in my opinion. He will no doubt be given a new identity.

[sleipnir]

4. I wonder what he knows about the true story...he may be suicided...

Then again, he may no nothing. Especially why Mr. Nichols visited several Muslim extremist areas in South East Asia. Or any of the other million questions that seem to pop up in other stories...Atta...Nick Berg...University of Oklahoma...

[DeepModem Mom]

5. When I posted, I'd forgotten the strange stories that have popped up...

re. this terrorist act.

[wicket]

6. LOTS of strange stories

We'll never know exactly what happened.