However, the revelations woven throughout ‘Aberrations’ leave readers no psychological wiggle room beyond an astounding yet horrific truth; the actions of our government surrounding the OKC bombing equal and perhaps even surpass shameful programs such as COINTELPRO, JFK/RFK/MLK, etc.

Fascinating book with tons of great information on Us history as told through the life of Timothy McVeigh. She doesn't make any final conclusions on which story is the most accurate interpretation of events, and frankly, doing that would have been a cop out. A legitimately great read for anyone who considers themselves a conspiracy theorist or for anyone who is interested in conspiracy theories as a cultural phenomenon.There was also his Gulf War Syndrome, and his increasingly disconnected and rootless life, seemingly driven by paranoia. I found this book very hard to rate and I’m still not sure that it wouldn’t change an hour from now. A real shame that a person with this much access to real and important information about McVeigh and the role of security services in the bombing is instead more interested in UFOs, the X Files, Tracy Letts, and spurious insinuation. I had always had the opinion that he chose to do this evil nonsensical act of his own free will, an act which ultimately had no purpose to anyone, even himself.

McVeigh saying to his defense attorney “I’m not brainwashed” without any kind of prompt or context sounds suspiciously like someone who got brainwashed. We will likely never know that answer, but Aberration gives that idea a fair and impartial analysis, and in the process leaves you with more questions than you came in with. This volume goes far, far beyond shallow "conspiracy-theory": fundamental questions about the nature of America, the motives of our leaders, and the institutions that ostensibly keep us safe are posed in the internal dialogue of an expansive yet coherent detailing of the highly disturbing internal affairs, evasions, obfuscations, and sometimes even blatant crimes of the various three-letter-acronyms that have become so (perniciously? As someone who wasn't yet alive in 1995, this book presents an opportunity to relive those crucial first days and months of strange eyewitness accounts, disappearing surveillance footage, and bizarre public relations that are inevitably lost on the Wikipedia article — see obligatory philosophical quote about the malleability of history and its participants.

Instead she improbably tries to maintain five theories at once, largely because, despite the more fantastical schizoid ideations tellingly lacking in tangible evidence, she can not bring herself to simply cast them aside.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. His mother moved often (from Louisiana to Texas to New York) and by the time he graduated high school Oswald had attended 12 different schools. I urge those who generally consider themselves averse to "conspiracy-theory" to give this book a chance. I would respect that last element if she ever took the time to isolate a narrative and outline a thesis. He feared other children and refused to interact with them, leading his mother to seek help for what she believed to be autism.I look at him as you peer down at a man who is lying at the bottom of a precipice where the sun never shines. In March 1963, Oswald allegedly purchased a rifle and revolver through the mail, using the alias "A.

West, painstaking excavation of the first gulf war, and incredible deconstruction of PatCon and its bastards there is so much juice in this book with so many reverberations in the world we inhabit now in 2023, the book has an almost oracular quality. The amok man is patently out of his mind, an automaton oblivious to his surroundings and unreachable by appeals or threats. But that's the thing about this book: even the most conspiratorial McVeigh narratives start to feel deeply unsettling as Painting meticulously works her way through the fragmented pieces of Tim McVeigh's life.Within a few years of Oswald's appearance on the public stage, a number of other equally frustrated and listless lone nuts emerged.