[Index]

        PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OF PETITIONER-DEFENDANT, 
             TIMOTHY JAMES McVEIGH AND BRIEF IN SUPPORT 

                               MARCH 25, 1997
 
 Front

       OVERVIEW
 I.    INTRODUCTION
 II.   PHYSICAL AND POLITICAL MAGNITUDE OF THE 
       DESTRUCTION OF THE ALFRED P. MURRAH BUILDING
 III.  THE ARREST OF TIMOTHY McVEIGH
 IV.   THE GRAND JURY RETURNS THE INDICTMENT OF "OTHERS UNKNOWN"
 V.    THE "OTHERS UNKNOWN" TO THE GRAND JURY
 VI.   PRIOR WARNING, ATF INFORMANTS, AND POSSIBLE "OTHERS UNKNOWN"
 VII.  BEYOND ELOHIM CITY
 VIII. PROCEDURAL HISTORY OF DISCOVERY REQUESTS
 IX.   GOVERNMENT EVASION OF ITS DISCOVERY RESPONSIBILITIES
 X.    AUTHORITY
 XI.   SPECIFIC RELIEF REQUESTED