Fab1b wrote:
For those that watched it question....
Do you think McVeigh planned to get caught and purposely left a "scent" trail behind as he commented he did or was he making up his story as he rolled along to sound "more evil" than he really was? I honestly thought after the bombing driving the car without plates was not on purpose but a mistake he over looked, after that it went downhill from there and he was scared as hell, not defiant as he portrayed.
There is no question McVeigh was extremely diligent about every little fine ingredient of this sadistic plan. However, like you, I too believe he completely overlooked the license plate thing. I do not believe this was intentional. The ONLY thing that makes me hesitant in saying this, is how did he get the "get away" car to the parking lot WITHOUT the license plate in the first place? Surely a cop would have noticed this before, right?
So again... I believe McVeigh was extremely thorough in almost every aspect of his plan, but I do NOT believe he intentionally planned to get caught. I too believe he simply got caught and decided to 'roll with it' so to speak.