-Caveat Lector- Detailed Plans Drawn for McVeigh Execution April 5, 2001 http://news.excite.com/news/r/010405/15/news-crime-mcveigh-dc LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. prison officials have drawn up meticulous plans for executing Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh detailing everything from the time of his last meal, the clothes he will wear and plans to counter a possible assault on the jail by sympathizers or angry victims. A 54-page protocol document prepared by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons and published by the Los Angeles Times on Thursday, sets out minute-by-minute instructions for staff at the Terre Haute, Ind., federal prison where McVeigh will be put to death by lethal injection on May 16 for the April 1995 bombing of an Oklahoma City federal building that killed 168 people. The exact timing of the execution has yet to be set. According to the document, prison officials want to ensure that the man convicted of the worst act of terrorism on U.S. soil meets his end "in an efficient and humane manner" and in a way "that minimizes the negative impact on the safety, security and operational integrity" of the prison. Hundreds of journalists, protesters and anti-government activists are expected to gather outside the prison for the execution. McVeigh enraged victims last week when he admitted in a new book that he pulled off the bombing and viewed the 19 children killed in the attack as "collateral damage." The document reflects concern over a series of possible disturbances on or near the execution date, ranging from rescue attempts by anti-government sympathizers to a sudden act of vengeance by any of the victims or disturbances by other prison inmates. McVeigh, 32, has said he carried out the bombing in revenge for the FBI's bloody showdown with the Branch Davidian sect in Waco, Texas, two years to the day before the April 19, 1995 Oklahoma City blast. Contingency plans include the creation of a command center at the prison, special law enforcement teams, and joint training exercises to beef up security. Phone lines and communication systems will be tested in the event of any last-minute appeals or interventions, although this is considered unlikely since McVeigh last year requested that all appeals be dropped. McVeigh will be dressed in khaki pants, shirt and slip-on shoes 30 minutes before the execution and escorted -- or shackled and carried if he resists -- from a holding cell to the execution room. The document instructs prison staff to "prevent emotion or intimidation" from hindering them in their duties. Some 30 witnesses -- six of them chosen by McVeigh, some media representatives and a number of victims -- will watch through the windows of an adjoining room as McVeigh, strapped onto a gurney, is asked whether he wishes to make a last statement. Officials have already advised him that any statement should be kept "reasonably brief." He will then be injected with a lethal mixture of sodium pentothal, pavulon and potassium chloride. Death is expected to be swift. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
