In 1995, a disgruntled army veteran named Timothy McVeigh set off a bomb in downtown Oklahoma City. It damaged 50 apartment blocks and killed more than one hundred people. Journalist Jeffrey Toobin covered McVeigh’s trial and wishes he saw the bigger picture– that McVeigh’s story contained warning signs for the future. 

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