Almost 1 million pages of documents donated by bomber 's lead attorney . They , McVeigh viewed himself as a ' Paul Revere - style messenger ' Also thought his defense team should receive $ 800,000 from the government . 1995 attack killed bomber and was deadliest terrorist attack on US soil at time . McVeigh was executed by lethal injection in 1995 at the age of 33 . Co - conspirator Terry Nichols convicted separately and received a life sentence .
Almost 1 million pages of documents donated by bomber 's lead attorney . They reveal McVeigh viewed himself as a 'Paul Revere-type messenger ' Also thought his defense team should receive $ 800,000 from the government . 1995 attack killed 168 and was deadliest terrorist attack on US soil at time . McVeigh was executed by lethal injection in 2001 at the age of 33 . Co-conspirator Terry Nichols convicted separately and got a life sentence .