TERROR IN OKLAHOMA CITY : FBI Expands Hunt for Blast’s John Doe No. 2

Armed with nearly 7,000 citizen tips, federal agents expanded their manhunt Monday from coast to coast for John Doe No. 2 and others who might know about the Oklahoma City bombing or bombers.

Other agents pored over truckloads of material seized in searches in Michigan, Kansas, Arizona and Florida. Bomb experts continued to sift the blast site rubble. Computers helped investigators keep track of the tide of data.

All 56 FBI field offices in the country have been assigned leads they were responsible for tracking down, said one federal law enforcement official as citizen calls to a toll-free hot line reached 9,000.

Though the pace of tips had slowed since the line opened Thursday, calls still were coming so fast to the number, 1-800-905-1514, that only 6,700 had been logged in for assignment to field agents.

“There are investigative activities occurring literally throughout the United States,” said Weldon Kennedy, the FBI agent in command in Oklahoma City.

The top priority was finding the square-jawed man the FBI says helped rent the bomb van in Junction City, Kan., April 17. “John Doe No. 2 has not been identified and remains at large,” Kennedy said.