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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 5 Num. 81
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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EDYE SMITH -- 08/16/95
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Tom Valentine's guest on *Radio Free America* (5.065 MHz, 9 pm
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cst, mon-fri) was Edye Smith, the mother of two young children
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who perished in the April 19, 1995 explosion at the Murrah
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Building in Oklahoma City.
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Edye Smith is widely known as the woman who challenged the
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government and its investigation while being interviewed by CNN
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(Cable News Network). When interviewed by CNN on May 23, 1995,
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she charged that there were "a lot of questions that have been
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left unanswered," and that she and her family and friends were
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"being told to keep our mouths shut, not talk about it, don't ask
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those questions."
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During her appearance on the August 16th *Radio Free America*
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broadcast, Mrs. Smith...
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** confirmed stories previously reported that the Red Cross had
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stolen money from her. She claims that money sent to her by
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sympathetic Americans via the Red Cross never made it to her
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and her family.
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** stated that the Red Cross had at first agreed to help get
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her "tubes" untied so that she would be able again to bear
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children, but that they subsequently reneged on their offer.
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Fortunately, a doctor in Austin familiar with the procedure
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heard of her plight and kindly offered to help. Normally such a
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procedure, she says, would cost about $15,000, but, if all goes
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well, she will get it done this coming week at no cost to her.
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** insists that the ATF had prior knowledge of a bomb threat.
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She claims that the ATF received a bomb threat the day before
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and that their employees had an option not to come in to work
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on April 19th, the day of the blast. Smith states that no ATF
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personnel were killed by the explosion. Her information as to
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what ATF personnel were present in the building that day
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confirms, at least in part, information I received in a prior
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interview with Debra von Trapp: that those present were mostly
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clerical employees.
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** says that one of the five ATF personnel present in the
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Murrah Building on the day it was blown up claims to have been
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in an elevator when the blast occurred and that he dropped 5
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floors in that elevator. However, according to Mrs. Smith, she
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and others (including her stepfather who she says has become
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quite skilled as an independent investigator) who checked out
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this story with the elevator company were told "No way" as to
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the possibility that the ATF employee's elevator story could be
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true.
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** says that Channel 4 TV in Oklahoma City has done a
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"wonderful job" of reporting and that CNN Headline News has
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been picking up on a lot of their stuff.
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** claims that several witnesses have stated that a bomb squad,
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apparently connected to the city, had shown up at the Murrah
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Building between 7 and 7:30 a.m. on the day of the bombing and
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cleared the building at that time. So apparently there had
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already been a bomb scare that day before the actual explosion
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occurred at 9:02 a.m., if these witnesses are correct.
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** has no doubt in her mind that the government had advance
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knowledge of some type as to that there was going to be a
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bombing. "It just burns me that we can't even trust our own
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government," she says. Mrs. Smith added that some government
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insiders are starting to come forward to tell what they know.
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** says that her brother, a police officer, was allowed into
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certain areas that day but not into others. According to Mrs.
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Smith, there were three roped-off areas that even her brother
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could not access. Security was very tight, but ATF and FBI
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agents were busy sifting through the debris in these secured
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areas.
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It was apparent from listening to the broadcast that Edye Smith
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is avoiding wild rumors and is being careful in her claims. For
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that, host Tom Valentine thanked her and added his hope that we
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all can do likewise.
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Mrs. Smith complained that, when she appears on local radio
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shows, it seems to her that "more people around here now hate me
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than like me... People that don't want to think that the
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government would do such a thing."
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However all the callers to Valentine's August 16th broadcast
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spoke kindly and were supportive of Mrs. Smith. When asked by one
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caller what can people do to help, she replied, "I don't know. I
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guess prayers are the only thing... You don't have to send money.
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I'm not askin' for money."
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Persons wishing to express their condolences, offer information,
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etc., can write to Edye Smith as follows:
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Edye Smith
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2921 W. Hill Street
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73112
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