Timothy McVeigh’s federal 1,800-page Bureau of Prisons file, released to user Jason Smathers after a two-year wait, reveals how far journalists would go to put the Oklahoma City bomber in front of an audience.

What drives a terrorist bomber? Files requested by MuckRock user Jason Smathers shed light on the psyche of another bomber: Timothy McVeigh, convicted for the Oklahoma City Bombing which killed 168 people and injured more than 800.