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F'ORTHE DISTRICT OF UTAH, DIVISION

TION OF PETER
LANGAN

No.f2;04CV 1J0772
DAK

JudgeDaleA, Kimball
TIGATION and FEDERAL DavidNuffer
Ma$istrate
U OFINVESTIGATION'S
OI\4A CITY FIELD OFFICE ,

Defendants,

Pursuantto28 U,S.C.$ 1746andbasedupon Peter

t<nowledge,I,

Langan,do herebycertifu,verifr andstate penalfuof perjury as follows:

 1. I am currentlyan inmatein United PenitentiaryMarion in

Marion,Illjinois.My federalregistrynumberis

2. In April, 1995,at thetimeof theOkl City Bombing,I wasliving

in a houseI
Kansas,
at 1103ElnnStreet,Pittsburg, with RichardLeeGuthrie.

How we cameto betogetherwasa highlyunusual mstance.

3. In 1993,while I was in jail in Georgia iting trial on armedrobbery

charges,the United StatesSecretServiceofferedme deal:If I would firrd Guthrie,

infiltrate th,oseworking with Guthrieandtestiff agai hirn,the SecretServicewould

arrangeimrnunityfor me, I acceptedthe offer * duress- after ten nronthsin

jail, six monthsin Ohio andfour monthsin Georgia.

4. wasreleased
September,1993,I from and beoamereSecret

Serviceinformant.SometirnearoundOctoberI993,)t ted with Riclhard

Guthrie.

5, By thetimeof theOklahorna
City RichardGuthrieandI had

livedirnthathousein Pittsburg,Kansasfor abouta , I first heardabou[the

OklahomaCity Bombingsometimeon the momingo, April 19,t995,whenreturning

to thehouse,inPittsburgfrom Joplin,Missouri.

6. At that time, Kevin McCarthyand Stedeford- associartes

of

Guthriie'sarrdmine -- were overdueto arrive at the in Pittsburg.AroundApril

 had drivento
1, 1995,McCarthyandStedeford Theywentto the

of ElohimCity,near
llentity compound
Chrisrtian , Oklahorna.At Elohim

werestayingat the
City, McCrrthyandStedeford ofAndreasSihassmeir,

stayedin thepast.
wheretheyhadsometimes

7, I watchedTV coverageof the and its aftermatho:nthe day and

theBombing
nightof April 19,1995.As I watched ge, I wonderedasto the

ofMcCarthyandStedeford
wheroabouts at Elohirn City
andif they their associates

were invol',redin the Bombing. I was concerned their involvementin the

Bombing becauseit couldjeopardizemy security'

8. In theearlymominghoursof April 20, 1995* between1:00AM and

2:00 AM - McCarthyand Stedefordarrivedat the in Pittsburg.Threywere

driving a ll)83 white ChevroletSuburban,a vehiole hadneverseenbefore,

saidtheyhadpurchased
McCarthyrmdStedeford onApril
it i Fort Srnith,Arkansas

old 1976
17, 1995. I would later learnthat AndreasStrassmeiboughtStedeford's

maroonSuburban,which StedefordandMoCarthy drivento Elohirn City. The

theyweredrivinghadno licensepl
whiteSuburban on it whenthey anivedin

Pittsburg,ftLansas.

9. I questionedMcCarthyand Stedeford the Bornbing.llhey said

they werenrotinvolved. McCarthyand Stedefordsaii that they werenot evenaware

of the Bornrbing,eventhoughthey had beenon the drivingthroughOklahoma,

amid intensemediacoverageon the Bombing, for al: six hoursor m{)reon APril

19and 20,1995,Theysaidtheyhadnot beenI to the radio on their drive,but

in the
instead,hadlistenedto CDsandcassettes the whole timc. My

impressionwasthat they were lying. McCarthy and alsovoluttteeredthat

Strassmeirandthe othersat Elohim City were not ved in the Bombing.

10. theproblemcausedby
We discussed lack of licenseplateson the

whichcouldeasilydrawtheattentionof
Suburban, to us.We
enforcement

decidedthat McCarthyandStedefordwould travel i iately to Iowa [o obtain tags

for thp neu,vehicle.They left Kansas,driving a bluer ord van that belonlgedto

Guthdeandtne,on themorningof April 20,1995, erbout

l0:00AM.

11. I left Pittsburglaterthat day and trave to the KansasCify, Missouri,

area.I returnedto Pittsburgon the afternoonof at around4:00PM,

2\2,1995,

12. McCarthyand Stedefordretumedto Pji rg sometimeon April 22,

l995,with newIowatagsfor theSuburban.Guthri lvlcCarthy,StedefordandI thsn

watchedcontinuingTV newscoverageof the Bombii includingearly r:nedia

thatbankrobbersmayhavehelpedto fu
specuilation that attack.

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 13, Severalmonthslater,in July 1995, Guthrietraveledto

and
to visit McCarthy,Stedeford
Pennsylvanria of ours,Mark
associate

home.Guthrie's
Pennsylvania
Thomas,at Thomas's t lastedseveralvreeks.

14. Duringthistirne,I waslivingin City, Missouri.It vrasnot until

madeby and Guthr.ieaboutthe Crklahoma

laterthatI'wouldlearnof disclosures

Cify Bornbingonthattrip to Pennsylvania.

15. told
Onthatvisit,Guthriereportedly asthat JohnDoq 2 - the

unidentifierlOklahomaCity Bombingsuspectwho - was

neverapprehendt:d

really Kevin McCarthy,Refeningto McCarthy, said:"Youryoung

allegedly

Mr. Wizarcltookout the Murrah Building."

16. In August 1995,I learnedabouta bank thatGuthrir:,McCarthy

and Stedefordhadcommittedin St.Louis, Missouri le I wasliving in KansasCity.

theyIeft a newspaper
In thisrobb'ery, articleabout McVeigh andthe

OklahomatCiS Bornbingon the seatof the getaway . This causedme fo suspect

that theymight be involvedin the Bombing.

17. Sometirnein the monthsthat followed, uthrie,McCarttryimd

Stedefordhad a falling out, andno longerwantedto rk together.McCtuthyand

Stedefordreturnedto Pennsylvania.
 18. As a resultof thisfallingout,Guthrie to me that McCarrthyand

Stedeford\ryerea dangerto us becauseof thsir involvementin th,eOklahoma

City Bombing.Guthriesaidhe knewthis becauseof ionshe hadwith Mark

onhistrip to
VtcCarthyandStedeford
Thornas, lvania.

19. 1995,Ihadonelast
In December in
ion with Kevin MoCartLrY

Columbus,Ohio. I told McCarthythat I was consid no longerhavin,gany

dealingswiithhim due to Guthrie'sattitudeandthe ionsregardinghirn and

Stedeford.I told McCarthythat the situationwas too manyproblemsfor me.

20. MoCarthyrespondedby sayingthat he, my diffioulty,but

that he had overtiding concerns,I askedhirn to el He told me that,contrarYto

he andothersunspecifieddid ha
his paststatements, legal"liabilities"conceming

the OklahomaCity Bombing. I romemberthinking: iabilities"is a bigword.But

sometimesMcCarthytalkedlike that.I askedhitn to morespecificconcerning

who, what andwhen,but he declinedto give me any tails.He askedm,enot to

mentionthjisconversationto Stedefordor to anyone

21, McCarthystatedthat he was only telli he wantedme

me this because

to know how badly he might needhelp in going u if the OklaltomaCity

Bombingconnectionbecamea problernfor hirn. I ized,too, that it might be a

problernfor me dueto our associationandpasttrave

 22, I listenedto McCarthy,and agreedto our association.We

for me to be able to contact him

madg alTonrgelnoilts Stedefordat a laterdate-

withoutinvolvingGuthrieor leftingGuthrieknow. McCarthyand litedefordleft

for Pennsy,lvania.

23.
#
1996,I was alrestedin
On JanuarylS, Ohio,while leaving

Duringmy anest,I neverfiredor

Guthlie'shrouse. pointeda weaponat anyone.

despitebeinganinformantfor the
Nevertheless, a SWAT'Team
Service,

DeputyUnitedStates
cornprisedof FBI agents, ls and other law enforcement

perconnellired 48 roundsat me that day. They offeredrneanopportunityto

sunenderprriorto shootingme.

24. andkickedby
After beingstomped ingofficersandu:ndergoing

surgeryfor gunshotwoundsin a hospital room,I waschainedto a wall in

a policestationandquestioned
by FBI Special Ed Woods. I did not want this

interrogation.I wanteda lawyer,andI askedfor one My regrestsfor an

attorney,however,wererefused.

25. Insteadof obtaininganattorneyfor AgentWoodsinsisted

on

playingphonemessages
from Guthrie'sanswering ine on a taperecorder.When

Agent Woodstauntedrnewith the inferencethat my iateshad betra,/edmenand

would testi:fyagainstme,I hadhadenough.I told hi : "You're goingto have

 with yourwitnesses,
problerns theyhavethe;
because of OklahomaCity on their

hands."Ag;entWoodsdefinitelytook note."You haverny attentlionnow," he

said. This turn of eventsput an endto the i soonthereafter.

26. my attorney,Kevin
Subsequently informedme that the

govemmentwantedto talk to me aboutthe CiryBombing.My'attorney

refen'edto thisasa "proffer"or "prelude"to a plea to such

ent.I wasamicable

of the
a discussion,but I wantedironcladassurances or detailsof anytypeof

deal.My attorneylatertold me the offer hadbeen

27. indictedfor
I wassubsequently relatingto my arrestand

relatingto bankrobberiesin 1994,

allegations

28. The otherseventuallychargedalong me in casesstemtningfrom

the FBI's mid-westbankrobberyinvestigation as.'BOMBROB'were:

Kevin McCarthy,ScottStedeford,
RichardGuLthrie, ThomasandMichael

Shawn ennywas not prosrlcuted.I

Brescia.Althoughinvolvedin ttrerobberies,

later learnerCthat he, too, was an FBI informant.

29. Throughthe pretrial discoveryprocess UnitedStatesof Americav.

PeterKevinLangan,UnitedStatesDistrictCourtfor Districtof Ohio,

Southern

rnedi reports,I learnedrrore

andthroughcase-related
No. 2:96CF:015-JDH,
informationconfirmingmy suspicions
regarding involvement
in McCarthy's in

City Bombing.
theOklahoma

30. wasthaton April ,1995,TimothyMcVeigh

Onesuchdisclosure

telephonedElohim City andaskedto speakto At thetirne,Kevin

Strassmeir.

McCarthy wasstay,ingwith Strassrneir.

3I . of anFBI 302,in which

I alsolearned statedthalhe waswith

me,in Pittsiburg, onApril 19,1995.The3

Kansas, statesasfollows:

'MC CARTHYadvised
at April, 1995,he residingat ElohimCity,
residence
Okllhomaat an associate's by the of ANDY STRASSMEIR.
Also residingwith STASSMEIRwereMC RTHY'S closefriends,
MICHAEL WILLIAM BRESCIA ANd ANTHONY STEDEFORD.
Approximatelythreedaysprior to the bombi MC CARTFIY and
STEDEFORDleft the STRASSMEIRres and traveled to Pittsburgh,
Kansas,wheretheystayedwith PETERLA AN andzuCIIARD GUTHRIE.
Whilein Pittsburgh, MC CARTHYI id thathel learnedof the
Kansas,
OklahomaCity Bombingwhen it was on the televisionnews.

A b'upand correctcopy of that 302 is attached asExhibitA. However,

MoCqrthyrilasnot with rneon April 19,1995in Kansas.Nor washe, to

my knowledge,anywherethat day otherthan in the of Oklahorna,

32. prooess
Also duringthediscovery in v. Langan,I becameawareof

a pattgrnandpracticeon the part of the government destroyingevidenoeand

prese$tingllalseor biasedtestimony- especiallyin to anythingrelatedto the

Oklalloma lSity Bombing. This includedthe of blastingcapsthe

governmentseizedfrom RichardGuthrie'sresidence: blastingcapsthat were given

to us by Kevin McCarthy.

33. In July, l996,Iwas informedthat Guthriehad killed himself,

reportedlyrafterthreateningto revealnew facts aboutl outsideour clase,

includingtlheOklahomaCity Bombing.At the time his suspicioushangingin his

in my case
by my ettomel' testiff at a hearin,g
jail cell,Gutluiewasundersubpoena

just daysla,ter.

34. ln 1997,Iwasconvictedof five bank- relatedchargesin federal

to
district couft in Columbus.Ohio. I was sentonoed without the possibilitYof

parole,plus35years.

35. KevinMcCarthywasfacinga -minimumsentence

of 105

relatedcharges,unlesshe
yearson ba.nk-robbery a dealwith federalprosecutors

to testiff againstme and others.McCarthymadethatl In exchange,.McCarthy

receiveda sentenceof five yearsin prison.

36. An appellatecourtaffinned rny con in it"002,

Thereafter, I made

allegationsin a2255Motion to YacateSentence McCarthy's inLvolvement

in the OklalhomaCity Bombing,andprosecutorialm to coverup the above

facts.

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 aboutthe OklahonraCity
from varioussourcer$
morerelevantmateriaUevidence

Bombingcase.Most of this materialis in the form o,f]officialgovernmenlidocuments

FD 302s,etc.These
from the FJII, includingteletypes,eleotroniccommuriications,

to link my case(FBI case

documentsdetaila systematicattemptby the governrfrent

BOMBROB) to the OklahornaCity Borrlrbing(FBI casedesignation:

designatiorr:

OKBOMB). This is in directcontradictionto the govprnment'sstatedposition

denyingthi,sinvestigation- andthis linkage.

38. In 2003,I wascontacted Tery Nicholsin

by anattornefrepresenting

thelinkage
andI discusse,d
his statemurdercase,Nichols'attomey,Mr. MarkE,{nest,

between theOklahoma lqnownas.'OKBOMJ3"

City Bombinginvestigation andthe

Throughthese
knownas"BO,TvIBROB."
MidwestBankRobberyinvestigation

of stillmoresuppressed
learned
discussionsi,I evidenpe: a
anFD 302conta,ining

statement
andcontradictory,
second, hiswhereabouts
by KevinMcCl{rthyconcerning

whenhefirstheardabouttheBorribing.
onApril 19t,1995,

39, McCarthysaystlrathewasin Iowa- not

In thislaterstatement,

with me- whenhe first heardabo$ttheBombing.He alsochanged

Pittsburg,trl.ansas,
302
Thiscontradiotory
thedatefro'rnApril 20,1995to a daylater,April 21,11995.

attorney.McC{rthy'sallegedpresence
overto rnydefense
wasnevert,urned in Iowa

t1
when he first leamedof the Bombingwas also the srubjectof testimonyin the Nichols

case.

40. Duringthe tirneI wasmeetingwith Nichols' attorney,Ilikewise

leamedaboutstatementsmadeby Mark Thomas,anotherdefendantin tho

to his girlfriend,prior to April 19, t995, implicatinghirnselfin a

BOMBROIScaseo

future attackon the govemrnent.

41. Due to my beingnamedasa potentialriefensewitnessin Niichols'state

trial, the Strateof Oklahomarequesteda hearingto air its objection.At this hearing

FBI SpecialAgent JohnHersley,the OklahornaCity Bombingcaseagenl,stated

underoaththatMcCarthywas in Iowa when he first heardaboutthe Bornrbing.

Hersleyvouchedfor McCarthy'sIowa alibi statementeventhoughit con:flictedwith

same-
what McCarrthysaidearlier,andeventhoughit confl.ictedwith the custonnary

day time framefor taggingvehiclesin Iowa.

42. in its 5;oalof putting AgentHersleyon

Still, the governmentsucceeded

AgentHersley'ssupportfor McCarthy'salibi, and

the stand.Thejudge accepted

rejectedmefrom testiffing at Nichols'trial.

43. In effect,the government'smove buriedthe truth by bamingNichols'

in the
attorneysftorn exploringevidencefrom me of KevinLMcCarthy'sinvolverment

Oklahomal3ity Bombing.

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 44. In April, 2005,thepetitionto vacaternlysentencewas denied.

45. In August,2005,I wasdenieda certificateof appealability.I am

currentlyirr the U.S. SupremeCourt on this case,seekinga Writ of Certictrari.

46. My experiencein trying to defendmy caseclearlyshowsthratthereis

in my case-- and alsoin

more evidenceout therethat is beingwithheld or suppressed

the OklahornaCity Bombingcase.

47. Most or all of the defendantsin the BOMBROB casehad

knowledgeof aspectsof the OklahornaCiry Bombing. But asmy case

the federalgovernmenthasgoneto extremelengthsto keep

demonstrates,

thosefragnrentsof the truth from comingout and co;mingtogetherinto a

coherentstory.

48. Despitecornpellingevidencelinking K'evinMcCarthyto the

OklahomaCity Bombing,no knownrecordexistsof'thegovernment

investigatingor evonquestioningMcCarthy aboutthat crime.

49. AnotherBOMROB defendant,Mark Thomas,was alsosilencedby

to testify in rny defense

the federalgovernment.During rny trial, Thomasagpeed

to the OklahomaCity
asto what he knew aboutKevin McCarthy's connecltion

Bombing. .Butat the 1lthhour,the governmentindicrtedThotnas,effectively

1 a
IJ
 at my trial. Thomas'indictrnentalst setthe stagefor
his appearance

him becomea FBI informantandprotectedfedera,lwitness.

50. deathby hanging,whilehetl'asin jail

RichardGuthrie'smysterious

alsohelpedthegovernmpnt
atingwith federalprosecutors, burythefuth about

City Bombing.DespiteGuthrie'sclaiimthathewouldsoonreveal
lahorna

andsignedunderpenaltyof perjurythis 7 thl dayof {pri1,2007,at

Executed

Illlnois.

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KETIIIH-IfILLI_I!fI,'I-[G.CARfHy, an lruDate at the FI|DERALT

CORRECTIONAIT INSTfTIIIE' (F-CI) FAIRTON, Fairton, New .tereey,
contagted SpecLal Agent'(SAi PAUL HEiIDRICKSON, -Jr. , ^alld provlded
tfri feffowlirg inforiatioi regardLng his knowledge of the okl'ahona
ctty $onbJLng' April 19, 1995:
uc CARTHYadvised that in April, 1995, he waE reEiding
1n EIQhtn Clty, Oklahorsa, at an asEociate'e re9Ldence by the name
of A}{$Y S1I'RASSI{EfR. AIEo resldlng with_STRASSIiIEXR netre
UC CARTHY,'s close frlends, MfCHAEIT.WILLIAI{.BREECIA and. SCOTI
A!|THONy STEDEFORD. App.fqxl,qa$Lyi'ghree'daye' ptlor to th€
6il$t, uq, qg3$ry, anI*,SrEnHTgFD;iIaft'une s.TRAss!-{EIR
't!r6y resldence
i"a-trivetied''€dr"ilt$d$.UfigfftOn*{eel ,.r,rli?re stayed .wlth PETER
tANcAlf rnd RIGHI&D,'ert4lg.dEiiii;,ryh[t.g; Ka5t:ae,
i.n',F[[tSPrryStt, lt : nas.
l{C CARTHY LEarned oi'. .che-'gkJ.ahshe,flt'yr Bo-rlUlng''whan'
announbed' on' .Ltia t,6levlEion','hgws ;''
The f,ollowlng nonth, Mc CARTHYreturned to h'ls
grand$othefls resldence at , PhiladelPhia, PA,
ilGffiis hff, pernanent residence. Upori'::ti'nnYl$q backi_Ln_trr-e
irrtraaerplrla alea, he Fgceiveq a telephonE call trou t'l;IcHAEL
BRBsCIAitro was siiu.,,in;:;E[b!1ip" C*.ty,r;,ohf.gh9u1.,DtT]19. tbe
ctuisd of
couisc ot tb+n
thdB conveneer'ti6n:;i"trn*-ci,"q{EeuaE&d' t[e
convelr$dtl6n;','tfu€''ire-ci'-d{BeuasEtl oRlahona cit
the dtlahona Qity
aaDlirrg. snuscr4.:lrgughtjrtp-'!u.e.fa.ct.!;frng.tTIPPH!.U$ {arcn -w!t9
had

*C velcH ang grRtsslilEl$. 9q llc CI,f,Ti{Y) |lbr.i-q hE ?wa?e of, whether

'the
or not .BREQ$IA. hA.s..any.knonledge on det,ril's' o'f converEation'
BREscIIAajd st-itC thal srfr[ssl'rExi ieall'y did not recall neetlng
UC VEIGII Ln the pastr but that. if he diril, it would hav'e been an
unrecallledl grun show 6r he nay bave give:n llC VEIGH hlE telephone
nunber.
t{C C}RTHY further advised tha'E EBESCIAvhile he was
1{vlnq wlth STRASSUEIR,nade nunerous tralephone calls fron Elohin
Clty !o his fatherte resi.dence in Philartelphia, PA, however, he
ts unabte to recal.l any speclfic dateE 'Ehat BRESCIAnay have
placed thege callg.

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