Editing Oklahoma City bombing (section)

===Michael and Lori Fortier{{anchor|Michael_Fortier}}===
Michael and Lori Fortier were considered [[accomplice]]s for their foreknowledge of the planning of the bombing. In addition to Michael's assisting McVeigh in scouting the federal building, Lori had helped McVeigh laminate the fake driver's license that was later used to rent the Ryder truck.<ref name="McVeighBomb33"/> Michael agreed to testify against McVeigh and Nichols in exchange for a reduced sentence and immunity for his wife.<ref name="CNN6">{{cite news|title=Transcripts |publisher=CNN |url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/20/sitroom.01.html |date=January 20, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629124159/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0601/20/sitroom.01.html |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He was sentenced on May 27, 1998, to 12 years in prison, and fined $75,000 for failing to warn authorities about the attack.<ref name="Fortier12years">{{cite news|title=12-Year Sentence Given Again to Witness in Oklahoma Bombing |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/09/us/12-year-sentence-given-again-to-witness-in-oklahoma-bombing.html |date=October 9, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605152918/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/09/us/12-year-sentence-given-again-to-witness-in-oklahoma-bombing.html |archive-date=June 5, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On January 20, 2006, Michael was released from prison, transferred into the [[United States Federal Witness Protection Program|Witness Protection Program]], and given a new identity.<ref name="DMNidenity">{{cite news |first=Arnold |last=Hamilton |title=New life, identity await Fortier as he leaves prison |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/011906dntexfortier.1742cf8f.html |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |date=January 18, 2006 |access-date=July 12, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012180601/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/011906dntexfortier.1742cf8f.html |archive-date=October 12, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>