David Paul Hammer Final Escape. He wrote two books on the Oklahoma City bombing based on knowledge gleaned first-hand from Timothy McVeigh before McVeigh's execution: Secrets Worth Dying For: Timothy James McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing (2004), co-authored with Jeffery William Paul. Later in 2010, Hammer published Deadly Secrets: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing. In May 2010, shortly following Deadly Secrets’ publication, Hammer gave appeared on Alex Jones’ talk show for an extended interview, detailing his relationship with McVeigh and McVeigh's account of the US government's alleged involvement in the bombing. On February 11, 2004, Hammer's third execution date was
Oklahoma City bombing him as "the designated patsy", but McVeigh disagreed with Jones arguing that rationale for his defense. After a hearing, Judge Matsch independently ruled the evidence concerning a larger conspiracy to be too insubstantial to be admissible. In addition to arguing that the bombing could not have been carried out by two men alone, Jones also attempted to create reasonable doubt by arguing that no one had seen McVeigh near the scene of the crime, and that the investigation into the bombing had lasted only two weeks. Jones presented 25 witnesses over a one-week period, including Dr. Frederic Whitehurst. Although Whitehurst