-Caveat Lector- radman note: The "inaccuracies" noted by The Oklahoman in the last line below, is essentially one sentence of Hoffman's book, "The Oklahoma City Bombing & The Politics Of Terror". Revell had also sued Hoffman's publisher, Adam Parfrey of Feral House for libel as well. Parfrey caved and paid Revell $6000, distanced himself from the book, and agreed to pulp all remaining copies, which did happen and makes the book scarce today. [See "Publisher agrees to destroy copies of book", dated 12/99, below.] ========================================================== Court dismisses former FBI official's libel suit <http://www.rcfp.org/news/2001/0509revell.html#init> by Catherine Cameron 05/09/01 A former FBI official lacked evidence that an author knew statements he made were untrue or that he recklessly disregarded the truth, a federal district judge in Oklahoma City ruled in a libel case against the author of a book on the Oklahoma City bombing and terrorism. A federal district court judge in Oklahoma City on May 3 dismissed a former FBI employee's libel lawsuit against the author of a book on the Oklahoma City bombing on May 3, ruling that there was not enough evidence that the author "knew of the falsity of the statements made," or "recklessly disregarded the truth." David Hoffman wrote in his book "The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror" that retired FBI associate deputy director Oliver "Buck" Revell had pulled his son and daughter-in-law off Pan Am Flight 103 in London prior to take-off because he knew the bombing would take place. The Oklahoman reported that Revell's son had left London a week prior to the bombing, although he was briefly booked on Flight 103 and his daughter-in-law was in the United States when the plane departed. Hoffman admitted that he had mistaken "details" of Revell's story, but claimed that the essential facts of the story were true. All copies of the book were destroyed by the publisher in 1999 because it contained inaccuracies, according to The Oklahoman. (Revell v. Hoffman) ======================================== 12/10/1999 Publisher agrees to destroy copies of book http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap19991210_1675.html OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) _ The California publisher of a controversial book about the Oklahoma City bombing will destroy copies of the book as part of a settlement of a lawsuit filed by a former FBI official over false and inaccurate statements in the book. Stan Twardy, attorney for former FBI official Oliver "Buck" Revell, said Friday that the number of books being destroyed was not available but he described it as "substantial." The publisher said all books in its distributor's warehouse would be destroyed. Revell said David Hoffman's book, "The Oklahoma City Bombing and The Politics of Terror" contained false and inaccurate statements about him and "by innuendo" portrayed him as a co-conspirator in the bombing. Feral House Inc. promised to destroy copies of the book to avoid "further dissemination of inaccurate statements." "Whatever `The Oklahoma City Bombing and the Politics of Terror' states, alleges or implies, it is now my understanding that Mr. Revell had nothing to do with any alleged CIA drug smuggling, so-called `death squads' or malfeasance involving the Oklahoma City bombing, before or after," Feral House President Adam Parfrey wrote in an open letter. The settlement was reached Wednesday. Twardy said it included a payment to Revell, but he couldn't disclose the amount. The April 19, 1995, bombing killed 168 people and injured more than 500 others. The lawsuit is still pending against Hoffman and two of the book's sources. 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