dots that mcveigh has so conveniently placed for them. >> mcveigh's trail begins to come rapidly into focus for investigators, but to the local police if perryime offender. it's a cat-and-mouse chase that mcveigh clearly relishes. >> i describe it as playing a game with them. i am playing the game with law enforcement, and every day i laugh. >> by the time federal agents identify mcveigh just two days after the bombing, he is being arraigned and about to be released from the noble county jail. just an hour or so from being set free, agents contact the sheriff to put a hold on mcveigh, to keep him in custody. they rush to perry to meet with their number one suspect, but despite his claiming that he wanted to be caught, mcveigh isn't talking. >> the guy says, you better talk to us, because you're facing the death penalty, and he pulls out pictures of dead babies, okay? he slides them toward me and says, you're familiar with the oklahoma bombing, right? some way to introduce the pictures and make me feel bad and start talking. it didn't work. i kept a straight face and said, i want an attorney. >> that same afternoon in harrington, kansas, afte