Talk:Richard Snell (criminal)

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I can find no citation that Richard Snell bombed the Oklahoma City Federal Building in 1983; he merely planned to but was arrested on unrelated murder charges. He was indeed executed on the day of the bombing. Timothy McVeigh had as his motive revenge for Ruby Ridge and Waco, not the death of Snell specifically; cite sources to verify the claims made in this article.

I find it to be a lame conspiracy theory (that McVeigh did the boming out of retaliation). Either way, it definitely does not belong in the lead section of the article. I've moved it to the bottom. If he was indeed planning to bomb that same building, find a source, please. hbdragon88 02:58, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Especially the bit "The two men did know one another, and ran in many of the same circles." How could this be? McVeigh joined the army less than three years before Snell's arrest and got out of the army only a few years before Snell's execution. I'm putting a citation needed tag on it and if no one fixes it, I'll edit that sentence. --Ossipewsk 03:46, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Domestic terrorist

Does planning to commit a terrorist act make a person a domestic terrorist? NatusRoma | Talk 15:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

It is my fault. When a new editor added some data about Snell in the article about the other Snell. I moved it to a new article and copyedited it. The "domestic terrorist" was my addition and borrowed from the McVeigh article. Please change this as you see fit. Sorry. The cats aren't mine. Tintin (talk) 15:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the terrorists category for now, but that doesn't mean that it has to be removed permanently if someone can argue persuasively for its inclusion. NatusRoma | Talk 22:31, 4 September 2006 (UTC)