Oklahoma City bombing

===Others===
No "John Doe #2" was ever identified, nothing conclusive was ever reported regarding the owner of the unmatched leg, and the government never openly investigated anyone else in conjunction with the bombing. Although the defense teams in both McVeigh's and Nichols's trials suggested that others were involved, Judge Steven W. Taylor found no credible, relevant, or legally admissible evidence of anyone other than McVeigh and Nichols having directly participated in the bombing.<ref name="TMT"/> When McVeigh was asked if there were other conspirators in the bombing, he replied: "You can't handle the truth! Because the truth is, I blew up the Murrah Building, and isn't it kind of scary that one man could wreak this kind of hell?"<ref name="NoSympathy">{{cite news|first=Thomas |last=Jo |title='No Sympathy' for Dead Children, McVeigh Says |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/29/us/no-sympathy-for-dead-children-mcveigh-says.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 29, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422200707/http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/29/us/no-sympathy-for-dead-children-mcveigh-says.html |archive-date=April 22, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On the morning of McVeigh's execution a letter was released in which he had written "For [[Oklahoma City bombing conspiracy theories|those die-hard conspiracy theorists who will refuse to believe this]], I turn the tables and say: Show me where I needed anyone else. Financing? Logistics? Specialized tech skills? Brainpower? Strategy? ... Show me where I needed a dark, mysterious 'Mr. X'!"<ref name="OttleyPreExec">{{cite news|url=http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/mcveigh/updates.html |title=McVeigh in Good Spirits in Final Hours, June&nbsp;11, 2001 |first=Ted |last=Ottley |publisher=[[truTV]] |date=June 11, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924155955/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/notorious/mcveigh/updates.html |archive-date=September 24, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>