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Unlocked: Bonus Episode 31 - The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh pt. 1: Narrative Archetypes and the Study of Conspiracy Theory, feat. Wendy Painting

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Is He a Guilty Agent?

McVay is a wedding undercover operative for like shadowy defense agencies in a national sting operation, which for one reason or another results in the bombing. The motive was that after Waco and Ruby Ridge, they needed a way to demonize the patriot movement. And so rather than espousing a unified theory of the bombing, like, oh, maybe they did it, period, there are different conflicting elements.

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