article_snippet.sent: McVeigh  considered the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building 20 years ago a failure because the structure was still standing after the blast that killed 168 people.
article_snippet.sent: McVeigh  also viewed McVeigh  as a 'Paul Revere-type messenger' and even suggested his defense team should receive $800,000 from the government, according an archive of documents donated by the convicted bomber's lead attorney.
article_snippet.sent: McVeigh denied any knowledge of another collaborator, or presence of an accomplice who became known in the case as John Doe No. 2.
article_snippet.sent: But the polygraph examiner, Tim Domgard, wrote there were 'indications of deception' in McVeigh's responses related to questions about others involved.
article_snippet.sent: I determined that the best way would be to continue on as the Paul Revere type messenger instead of the John Brown type revolutionary, that you could accomplish maybe two in one,' McVeigh said.
article_snippet.sent: In the polygraph interview, McVeigh said when McVeigh was pulled over by an Oklahoma highway trooper shortly after the bombing for not displaying a license plate on McVeigh car, McVeigh had 'several opportunities to kill an Oklahoma highway trooper, however, did not because McVeigh was a state official and not a federal official.'
article_snippet.sent: Asked about events leading up to the bombing, McVeigh said 'action had to be taken' after the 1994 passage of the assault weapons ban, but said McVeigh wasn't certain at that time exactly what kind of action would be appropriate.
article_snippet.sent: In other notes, McVeigh also points to the outcome of the Branch Davidian siege near Waco as an influence.
article_snippet.sent: In one note to Jones marked 'Personal,' McVeigh told McVeigh if anyone ever approached McVeigh 'to `lean' on McVeigh to `throw' my case, please confide in McVeigh.' '
article_snippet.sent: I am a realist, and I know our government,' McVeigh added. 'TDC - threat, duress, or coercion - is a standard.
highlights_snippet.sent: They reveal McVeigh viewed McVeigh  as a 'Paul Revere-type messenger'
  