As an Oklahoman by birth, the events of April 19, 1995 are very close to my heart. The story goes that Timothy McVeigh, acting alone, set off an improvised truckload of explosive and brought down the Murrah Federal Building, killing over 160 people.
A variety of theories regarding these events have been created over the years as new evidence has presented itself. A new film which I had the privilege to view over the weekend presents some of these.
A Noble Lie: Oklahoma City 1995 investigates many of the holes in the official narrative of the OKC bombing through interviews with police officers, victims, experts, and even politicians. Many of these people step forward with stories and experiences which would seem to suggest that Timothy McVeigh had accomplices which were never brought to justice. Some evidence even suggests that he was working for the government in a false-flag operation. Events such as Ruby Ridge and the siege at Waco had added fuel to the fire burning between the government and nationwide militia/constitutionalist forces. It is logical that the government would want to calm this dissension by casting "right-wingers" in a bad light.
The only issue I immediately took from the film was that in certain segments, the actual filmmakers were interviewed with the same gravity as the experts and witnesses that the filmmakers were supposed to be learning from. I'm sure that the reasons for this were to build narrative where there was no convenient expert witness, but interviewing the filmmakers smacks of an author citing his own prior work to defend his hypothesis.
All in all, A Noble Lie is a must-see if you want to learn more about the OKC bombing, the mysterious murders which followed it, the government sponsored tests which blow the "lone truck bomb" theory out of the water, and the government which continues to cover "someone's" tracks to this day.
The only issue I immediately took from the film was that in certain segments, the actual filmmakers were interviewed with the same gravity as the experts and witnesses that the filmmakers were supposed to be learning from. I'm sure that the reasons for this were to build narrative where there was no convenient expert witness, but interviewing the filmmakers smacks of an author citing his own prior work to defend his hypothesis.
All in all, A Noble Lie is a must-see if you want to learn more about the OKC bombing, the mysterious murders which followed it, the government sponsored tests which blow the "lone truck bomb" theory out of the water, and the government which continues to cover "someone's" tracks to this day.
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