Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Roe v. Wade Timothy James McVeigh and Eric Robert Rudolph

“When violent action thus became an option, I considered, among other things, a campaign of individual assassination, with “eligible” targets to include: Federal Judge Walter Smith (Waco trial); Lon Horiuchi (FBI sniper at Ruby Ridge); and [Attorney General] Janet Reno (making her accept “full responsibility” in deed, not just word). . . . What the U.S. government did at Waco and Ruby Ridge was dirty, and I gave dirty back to them at Oklahoma City.”—Timothy McVeigh ¹