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The Murder of Barbara Alice Wise ???

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Pecksnif

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Apr 24, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/24/97

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Michael Schneider

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Apr 25, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/25/97

In article <33650189...@news.earthlink.net>, hy...@earthlink.net wrote:
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For some background to this analysis, here is the original AP wire
story concerning the mysterious death of a Commerce Department worker
that occured over Thanksgiving weekend.

Police Investigating Death at Commerce Department

November 29, 1996 9.58 am EST (1458 GMT)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Police were investigating the death of a woman
whose body was found today in an office at the Commerce Department.

Anne Luzzatto, press secretary for Commerce Secretary Mickey Kantor,
said the woman's body was found this morning by a Commerce Department
employee, who notified security personnel in the building. "It is my
understanding that someone found the body in an office on the fourth
floor,'' Luzzatto said.

She said that District of Columbia police were conducting an
investigation but that she had no details on a cause of death. The
woman's name was being withheld pending notification of relatives.

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Beginning of Missy Kelly's Analysis

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On Friday morning at 7:45 AM, Clinton suddenly, and unexpectedly,
returns to WH from Camp David that same AM, and yet is back on links
at Camp David by afternoon.

Compare this UPI story to the report on the AP that follows:

Clinton reviewing inaugural plans

by Helen Thomas

29-NOV-1996 14:29

WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- President Clinton briefly interrupted his
Thanksgiving holiday weekend at Camp David Friday with a quick trip to
the White House to gather data he wants to study in planning his
second inauguration and then returned to the mountaintop retreat.

The president returned to the Executive Mansion with his wife Hillary
and daughter Chelsea, 16. Along with him was Hollywood producer Harry
Thomasson, who with his wife Linda Bloodworth Thomasson, a prominent
sitcom writer, spent Thanksgiving Day with the Clinton clan at the
mountaintop retreat.

Clinton conferred with Thomasson in the Oval Office on his return and
discussed preliminary plans for the inaugural on Jan. 20, including
choosing a poem he will have read at his second swearing in as
president.

The Thomassons played a prominent role in writing the script for his
first inauguration in 1993.

The president, still suffering from a raspy voice, and ordered by his
doctor to rest his vocal chords, carried a briefcase as he strolled to
the waiting helicopter to return to Camp David. He wore a leather
jacket and was followed by an aide carrying a huge box of inaugural
papers.

But before plunging into further study, Clinton arranged to take time
out to play golf with Hillary's brothers at a course near Camp David.

The first lady and Chelsea did not return to the presidential hideaway
with him. Mrs. Clinton had the Christmas decoration of the White House
to supervise as it got underway Friday and Chelsea had to attend a
rehearsal for her performance in the Washington Ballet's annual
Christmas performance of "The Nutcracker Suite."

In addition, an aide said Mrs. Clinton had to prepare for her trip to
Bolivia Monday afternoon where she will attend the annual meeting of
the first ladies of the Americas. Before she departs, she will host a
press preview of the White House Christmas decorations.

The president arranged to deliver his weekly Saturday radio address
from Camp David. White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the
subject would be: "Thanksgiving."

Clinton plans to return to the White House on Sunday, and will face a
busy week ahead as he makes important decisions on the make up of his
next national security team.

Clinton took a binder of recommendations with him to Camp David on
possible Cabinet appointments prepared by his transition team. Most of
the interest centered on who he would pick to succeed Secretary of
State Warren Christopher who is leaving the Cabinet.

The president wants to have his chief diplomatic and military advisers
on deck before Christmas, and the entire new Cabinet selected by
Inauguration Day.

On the social side, next week the President and Mrs. Clinton will
begin a series of nightly Christmas parties leading up to the holiday.
The Clintons, in keeping with tradition, will spend Christmas in the
White House.

END OF UPI REPORT

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Clinton Enjoys A Round Of Golf

5:36 PM (ET) 11/29

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) -- Scaring a pondful of ducks, President Clinton
enjoyed an afternoon of golf with family members on Friday after
returning briefly to the White House to work on the program of his
second inaugural.

Midway through 18 holes, the president splashed two balls into a small
lake between the green and the rough, scattering a flotilla ducks.

The ducks settled down and so did the president. After one more errant
shot, he landed his ball on the green, drawing applause from club
house onlookers at the Black Rock Golf Club.

The president, just returned from a trip to Asia that included a state
visit to Australia, wore an Australian-style "Crocodile Dundee" hat,
charcoal gray pants and a blue sweatshirt.

It was an all-in-the-family affair. The president's partners included
his stepfather, Dick Kelley; his brother, Roger Clinton; and his two
brothers-in-law, Hugh and Tony Rodham.

The president drove his own golf cart.

On Friday morning, Clinton unexpectedly left Camp David in the
Catoctin Mountains of western Maryland, where he and his extended
family had enjoyed Thanksgiving, to return to the White House.

One purpose for the helicopter ride: The president wanted to give
first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea, a ride
to town to attend a ballet event.

But White House press secretary Mike McCurry said the president also
spent time in the Oval Office with television producer Harry Thomason
discussing the themes and program of his second inaugural.

"The inaugural committee wants to send the program to the printers as
early as possible next week," McCurry said.

Clinton also picked up some volumes of poetry not available to him at
Camp David, McCurry said, adding that the president wants to review
them before announcing the name of the poet expected to be included in
the Jan. 20 ceremony at the Capitol.

When Clinton was inaugurated four years ago, poet Maya Angelou read
from her work.

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END OF AP REPORT

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Missy's Analysis of Situation

Death at Commerce

The partially nude body of Barbara Alice Wise, 48, was found at 7:45
AM in her LOCKED fourth floor office at the Commerce Department,
Friday morning, Nov. 29, 1996.

Ms. Wise worked in Commerce's INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION,
known as ITA.

The DOA showed up in the same department that Huang and Yee were both
associated with when they worked at Commerce. Interesting.

What's almost as interesting is the fact that this Death at Commerce
has NOT been widely reported. I have waited for nearly a week now, but
nada, nothing, zilch, zip.

So...Maybe they didn't catch it?

Lets look at this story as it played out in the press. The stories, in
their full glory are attached:

9:58 AM Friday The story breaks: A dead body, female, is found on the
fourth floor of Commerce, by a colleague. Colleague, un-named. The
District of Columbia Police are conducting the investigation. No name
[pending notification of relatives], no details.

12:01 Friday Reuters: Body found in deceased's office, where the
International Trade Administration has offices. Cause of death not yet
determined. Police say the city's medical examiner would perform an
autopsy to determine the cause and manner of her death. Case being
investigated by Homicide branch.

Woman last seen alive Wednesday at 4 PM. Commerce building was closed
on Thursday for Thanksgiving.

1:23 PM Friday AP reports the body was found at 7:45 AM that morning.
The woman, still unidentified, had worked for Commerce for 14 years,
in the department's International Trade Administration.

"She specialized in trade development, working in the unit that
provided analysis of various industries." No details on the cause of
death. "Police also would immediately release few details."

1:39 PM Friday AP reports President Clinton flew to the White House
today, from Camp David where he'd spent Thanksgiving. Clinton had
already returned [by 1:39 PM] to western Maryland for a round of golf.
He spent less than two hours at WH, one them with Harry Thomasson.

Why the unexpected, unscheduled, sudden trip to the White House? Why
the meeting with Thomasson...and the rush to meet with him?

[Clinton] spent an hour in the Oval Office with television producer
Harry Thomasson discussing the themes and program of his second
inaugural, said White House press secretary Mike McCurry.

"The inaugural committee wants to send the program to the printers as
early as possible next week," McCurry said.

McCurry said the president also wanted to give first lady Hillary
Rodham Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea, a ride to town to attend a
ballet event.

Completing his less than two-hour stop, Clinton returned to Camp
David, also by helicopter.

He was to play golf at a course near Hagerstown, Md., with his
stepfather, Dick Kelley, and his wife's two brothers, Hugh and Tony
Rodham.

This story...from AP and the WH...infers that Bill came to the WH to
meet with Thomasson to finalize some inauguration plans that needed to
get to the "printers". We all know that the small fry GO TO THE
PRESIDENT, not the other way around. Thomasson would have flown to the
prez. Further, the PRESIDENT doesn't run back to the White House to
pick up "poetry books". He SENDS people back to pick up poetry books.
And we all know what a devoted husband and father Bill is ... wasn't
it sweet of him to give Chelsea and Hillary a "lift back to town"?
Must have been an early "ballet event"...

Notice the time that BC arrived is not stated, but we do know he was
gone by the time this story was reported: 1:39 PM. He was there for 2
hours. That means he was in DC no later than 11:30 AM, possibly
earlier.

2:29 PM Friday UPI Report Just in case you didn't buy the above
excuses for Bill's sudden appearance at the White House, how about
these from UPI excerpts:

1] a quick trip to the White House to gather data he wants to study in
planning his second inauguration

2] Mrs. Clinton had the Christmas decoration of the White House to
supervise as it got underway Friday and Chelsea had to attend a
rehearsal for her performance in the Washington Ballet's annual
Christmas performance of "The Nutcracker Suite."

3] In addition, an aide said Mrs. Clinton had to prepare for her trip
to Bolivia Monday afternoon where she will attend the annual meeting
of the first ladies of the Americas. Before she departs, she will host
a press preview of the White House Christmas decorations.

Now the DISINFORMATION/SPIN is starting to become very clear. Not only
the lame excuses as to Clinton's sudden quick trip to the White House,
but regarding Clinton's visit with Thomasson.

Quickly let me chat about Hillary coming back to oversee the
decorating. Gary Aldrich wrote about the 1994 White House Christmas
decorating, in his book "Unlimited Access", p. 103. He said he was
"surprised" to hear that the First Family was at the White House when
the decorating was going on. "They had not gone to Camp David, as was
tradition - that way, the decorating could go on undisturbed and they
could be surprised when they returned for the great unveiling."
Hillary has never taken an interest in decorating the White House
before. Did she really take an interest this year? Did Aldrich "make
her do it"?

But more importantly, contrary to the AP article above, which inferred
that Bill came to the WH to MEET with Thomasson, it turns out
Thomasson and Clinton had been together for days:

[end of excerpt]

Thomasson and Bill Did NOT HAVE to meet at the White House. They were
together all along. They could have had their meeting at Camp David.
If they needed info, they'd have sent a lackey. Clearly, this
"meeting" was an EXCUSE for the sudden return to DC. Clearly, the real
reason for Clinton's sudden trip to the White House was NOT BEING
TOLD.

And there is more weirdness:

"The president... carried a briefcase as he strolled to the waiting
helicopter to return to Camp David. He wore a leather jacket and was
followed by an aide carrying a huge box of inaugural papers."

Okay. Put on your thinking cap. When have you EVER seen ANY President
CARRYING ANYTHING as the get into or out of the Presidential
helicopter...? Seriously...WHEN HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A PRESIDENT
CARRYING ANYTHING? [I believe it is against security rules for the
president to be encumbered in such a fashion. That's why others carry
everything.]

5:21 PM Friday [AP]
This is critical!
The AP STILL says: "The name of the 48-year-old woman was being
withheld pending notification of relatives."

In itself, this means nothing.

But then you have THIS BOMBSHELL:

"District of Columbia police spokesman J C Stamps said that an autopsy
was being performed."

The DOA's relatives have NOT been informed YET the body is already on
the table being autopsied.

Not only did the autopsy start BEFORE the relatives had been informed
of the DOA's death, but the autopsy started less 10 HOURS after the
body was found.

The last time I saw an autopsy done so quickly was in the death of
Vincent Foster...and it took tremendous pressure EXERTED BY THE WHITE
HOUSE. I have read hundreds of pages of testimony regarding the
influence of the White House on getting Foster's autopsy bumped to TOP
PRIORITY. I submit to you that only White House pressure could account
for the fact that this DOA was autopsied even before her name was
publicly released.

Just think common sense. There are a lot of DOA's in Washington DC.
There is ALWAYS a back log of bodies to be autopsied. NO DOA gets
autopsied in less than 10 hours unless someone decides to bump THIS
DOA to the top of the list. WHO? WHY? Were the officers of the crime
scene present at the autopsy, per standard procedure? Was the autopsy
in progress when whoever attended got there? Was there anyone from the
DC Police even present at the autopsy? Who performed the autopsy?

Continuing from the AP story:

District of Columbia police spokesman J C Stamps...did not rule out
foul play.

"We are looking into all possibilities," he said.

A local television station, WRC, quoted unidentified police sources as
saying that the office where the body was found was locked and the
body was partially nude.

Whoa. A dead body, found partially nude, in a locked office, in the
same Commerce Department where Yee and Huang once worked, where
documents are being requested and subpoenaed left and right, is being
autopsied less than 10 hours after it is found, and before the
relatives have been notified.

This is getting VERY interesting. Or is it?

5:36 PM Friday
Apparently it's of no interest at all. To Bill Clinton at least.

Now, another excerpt from AP:

Scaring a pondful of ducks, President Clinton enjoyed an afternoon of
golf with family members on Friday after returning briefly to the
White House to work on the program of his second inaugural.

But Bill was WITH Harry Thomasson at Camp David... they did NOT have
to return to the White House to "work on the program of his second
inaugural". Horsepuckey.

This story cracks me up...done for no other reason than to publicly
show how relaxed and unconcerned the President was that
afternoon...even though a dead body had showed up just hours before in
a locked room at Commerce's ITA, the same department that Huang and
Yee worked in.

Again, from AP:

Midway through 18 holes, the president splashed two balls into a small
lake between the green and the rough, scattering a flotilla ducks.

The ducks settled down and so did the president. After one more errant
shot, he landed his ball on the green, drawing applause from club
house onlookers at the Black Rock Golf Club.

The president... wore an Australian-style "Crocodile Dundee" hat,
charcoal gray pants and a blue sweatshirt.

It was an all-in-the-family affair. The president's partners included
his stepfather, Dick Kelley; his brother, Roger Clinton; and his two
brothers-in-law, Hugh and Tony Rodham.

The president drove his own golf cart.

Just a beautiful picture, isn't it? The close knit- family, golfing,
laughing; relaxed, the ducks on wing... So serene.

Except for that 800 lb. gorilla, aka, the DOA, back at Huang's
Department at Commerce.

This story has absolutely no value. Why was it written? Why was it
posted to the wire service? This is news?

I submit to you it was written to record that Clinton showed no signs
of stress about that 800 lb. gorilla. The rest is just re-hash of what
was put out hours before.

This story was COVER.

1:30 AM Saturday Morning
Nearly six hours has elapsed since AP's last story on the DOA.

In the wee hours of the morning AP announces the name of the Commerce
DOA, one Barbara Alice Wise, 48, of Gambrills, Md.

It is also noted that "the unit where she worked provided analysis for
various industries designed to boost export sales."

Again, from AP:

Sgt. Michael Farish, a homicide investigator with District of Columbia
police, said officers have found no signs of foul play and believe
that she died of natural causes. But the case continued to be
investigated as a homicide, he said.

A preliminary autopsy was unable to determine the cause of death
Friday.

The Police say "no signs of foul play", yet she was found partially
naked, in a locked office. And the police say she died of "natural
causes" even though the autopsy was UNABLE to determine the cause of
death.

Humm. Interesting. What natural causes would that be, that an autopsy
can't determine?

No, they tell us: the autopsy didn't determine why she died, partially
naked, in a locked room. But it was of natural causes, and there were
"no signs of foul play." And it would continue to be investigated as a
homicide.

Interesting.

My, What's going to happen next?

NOTHING, because THAT WAS THE LAST STORY ON THE DOA AT COMMERCE. [The
same story appeared on Prodigy's AP Online with a later timestamp]

To my knowledge, NO NEWS SERVICE HAS DONE A SINGLE STORY ON THIS DEATH
SINCE.

In less than 24 hours, this stunning discovery at Commerce, in John
Huang's former department is no longer news. This story is DOA.

Comments:

Once they got it on the wires that the body had been autopsied, and it
was of natural causes, even with an indeterminate autopsy,
well...that's the end of that.

The press says: "Let's talk about Hillary's Press tour of the WH
"Nutcracker" decorating theme...."

Why, there weren't even any follow-up stories on Hillary's trip to
Bolivia, alluded to in the UPI report at 14:29 hours on Friday.

I would think the First Lady's trip to Bolivia for unknown reasons
would be more newsworthy than what Bill wore when he played golf, and
that he drove his own damn golf cart. Wouldn't you?

It would appear, at the very least, Ms. Wise worked under Mr. Huang,
where he served as the Ass't Deputy Secretary in that section. What
was Alice Wise's position under John Huang? How much did they
interface in their work? Same questions regarding Ms Yee and Ms. Wise.

Did Wise focus on Asian or European affairs? What did Ms. Wise know?
Did she travel on any Commerce trade trips? Did she attend the Nov.
1994 junket to Jakarta? Did Ms. Wise ever interface with Lippo/Riady
or their business interests while working at Commerce?

Did Ms. Wise ever receive a subpoena for testimony on information she
may have regarding Ron Brown? From either Ron Brown's now-defunct IC,
the Justice Dept. who took over the Brown investigation after Brown's
death, or Starr? Or any congressional committee? Or Judicial Watch?

What are the answers to the who/what/where/why of Ms. Wise? And why is
NO ONE ASKING?

WHY IS THE MEDIA SILENT ABOUT THIS WOMAN'S DEATH?

It also appears quite clear to me that the REAL reason for Bill's
sudden and unscheduled visit to the White House is not being shared.
Spin, spin, disinformation. Obviously NOT for the reasons the White
House put out. National Business that suddenly needed attending to?
Then the rest of his staff would have been there.

Were they at the White House to "deal with" the dead body that just
showed up at Commerce? If NOT, then why DID Bill Clinton REALLY make
this unscheduled urgent trip to the White House...and bring Thomasson
along? If Clinton needed a "meeting" as an excuse, you would think
he'd pick a better cover than Thomasson whose mere name raises
eyebrows...Better that Clinton meet with Mother Theresa. Was Thomasson
just "handy" to use as an excuse? But Thomasson was WITH Bill Clinton
at Camp David. There was no need to fly to the White House for the
meeting.

BUT for the fact that at 7:45 AM that very morning a dead body showed
up in the very Commerce Department section, ITA, where Huang and Yee
worked when they served there, there is no legitimate reason why Bill
suddenly flew into DC on Friday morning.

If the DOA at Commerce was the real reason, and her death relates to
the Lippo Affair, consider this:

Most of Bill's contacts and conduits to the Riady's have been exposed.
Is Thomasson NOW ACTING as the conduit for information flow between
the Riady's and the White House? Did Bill go to the White House to
deal with events, and to "gather data" that relates to
Lippo/Riady/Huang, and this woman's death? Were these documents what
Bill was personally carrying to the helicopter? Are these documents
what in the box of "papers" the aide was carrying? Were they removing
incriminating documents to Camp David to make them inaccessible to any
WH subpoena? If I were issuing a subpoena at this point, I'd surely
include any papers at Camp David. You think this is far fetched?
Remember that not too long ago, Clinton's COUNSEL, Jack Quinn tried
this same ruse to circumvent a WH subpoena by sending the subpoenaed
documents TO THE FBI, so Quinn could say, "there are no such documents
IN the White House." This is NOT far-fetched with this Clinton White
House.

Regarding the query: IS Thomasson now acting as a conduit between the
Riady's and the Clintons? I don't know if I sent you this or not, but
I have been wondering about Thomasson's company in the Travelgate
affair TRM. We know that Huang and Thomasson spoke often on the
phone...but we don't know what they talked about. The only role we
know for Thomasson is Travelgate, so it naturally brings up the next
question: Were Thomasson and Huang talking about Travelgate? If so,
what does Huang have to do with it? Well, what if TRM doesn't stand
for T=Thomasson, R=Richland M=Martens.

What if the R in TRM really stands for RIADY? Do we know for certain
that this Richland dude was THE "R"? Do we know for certain he used
his own money? Further, notice this:

From the Arkansas Democrat Gazette [date uncertain, but posted on BB
11/27/96] "Clinton's election focused world's eye on Indonesia deals"
by ANDREA HARTER:

[Mark] Grobmyer has said he does not represent himself to the
Indonesians as having special access to the White House, but he did
gain a rare audience with Suharto in 1993, Arkansas Industrial
Development Commission records show. An April 23, 1993, memo written
by Harrington to Tucker says, "Grobmyer recently visited Indonesia by
invitation of Mr. Mochtar Riady. ... While there, he met with
President Suharto." The memo says that a visit to Arkansas by
Jakarta's governor was "to reciprocate Mark's visit."

Grobmyer said Monday that his visit with Suharto had no connection to
state officials or to Clinton. "I was on the international committee
for Little Rock with the (Little Rock) Chamber of Commerce, and there
was some talk of a commuter airline facility out at the airport. I
thought they would be interested in knowing about it. But I never
represented the president."

Many fascinating things about this statement! First of all: Why would
Riady and Suharto be interested in a "commuter airline facility" out
at the airport? They'd be interested if they had a stake in a related
business...perhaps TRM? Perhaps even World Wide Travel?

Secondly, if I am not mistaken, Judge David Hale was a BIG dog in the
Chamber of Commerce in Little Rock. If I am not mistaken he even held
a NATIONAL post in the parent organization. This meeting with Grobmyer
and Riady and Suharto took place in April 1993...before Hale's
troubles became known. Why doesn't someone ASK David Hale what HE
KNOWS about the Lippo connections to ArkAsia?

I have never believed all the reasons thrown out as to the "why" of
Travelgate. Why would the WH/Clinton's expose themselves so
recklessly, and urgently to get TRM into the Travel office? The
urgency is what doesn't fit. And I never bought that it was the money
Thomasson could make if he had the office. Thomasson already has
money, and how much would one make arranging press trips?

But what if Travelgate is in reality "Lippogate", only in disguise.
What if the Riady's and Lippo play a role in TRM, World Wide Travel?
Ah, then the possible reasons for the WH actions make a little more
sense. It even makes on reconsider the statement that Foster died over
Travelgate.

I have tremendous RESPECT for the disinformation that comes out of
this White House. They are BRILLIANT. Yet, on this Friday morning,
they really blew it big-time. I would suggest to you that they were SO
PANICKED that they COULDN'T THINK STRAIGHT. Hence, their terrible job
of creating "cover stories" for the urgent, and unexpected stopover at
the White House.

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End of Investigative Report by Missy Kelly

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Apr 29, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/29/97

Subject: BARBARA ALICE WISE'S MURDER ???

On October 29, 1996 a friend of mine was showing me how
he obtained information from the Internet regarding corruption
in the White House that is not disseminated by the dominant
media outlets. Much of it came from this newsgroup as well
as columns from the handful of journalists not willing to cover-up
for Clinton Administration.

I was scrolling AP stories, and I ran into a developing story that
made my heart rate double, "BODY FOUND AT COMMERCE"

I instantly thought -- Ron Brown > John Huang > DEAD WOMAN

In this White House, you must examine if there could be a possible
connection. As most know, the trail of dead bodies behind Clinton
have reached legendary proportions. This couldn't be another addition
to the body count, could it?

I followed the story for the remainder of the day and into the night,
hungry for more details. When the AP finally reported the deceased
woman's name at 9:30pmET, I called a journalist acquaintance familar
with death cover-ups in Washington, in the hope that an intervention
early on could derail a cover-up in the early stages. Attempts were
made, but law enforcement authorities released no information. And
although six months have now passed, nothing to my knowledge has
reported since then. All we know is that the WISE DEATH has been
ZIPPED UP. No autopsy results -- no nothing.

There seems to be an interest on this NG (and probably only here)
regarding the very curious death of Barbara Alice Wise. We'll probably
never have the truthful answers as to how this woman died, but I guess
it doesn't hurt to keep her name in the public eye.

Here's The Washington Times account of the Wise death that adds a
few more details than the AP version, with an analysis following.

Washington Times / Metro Section 11/30/96

BODY OF WOMAN FOUND AT COMMERCE

By Kristan Trugman and Gary Sheets

DC homicide detectives are investigating the death of a
48 year old secretary in the Commerce Department whose
NAKED BODY was found yesterday morning in a fourth floor
office.

Barbara Alice Wise of Gambrills, MD was last seen alive
at 4pm Wednesday at work, police said.

They sent her body to the DC Medical Examiner's Office
to determine how she died. A preliminary autopsy indicated
no foul play.

Medical Examiners were waiting for the woman's medical
history before making a final determination in her death.
Her neighbors in the 900 block of Falls Circle Way described
her "as a very sick woman."

'She's at rest now, and she should have some dignity", said
Gerie Shenton, Mrs. Wise's next door neighbor for several years.
"She was a very good person but she kept to herself."

Mrs. Shenton, who would watch the house when Mrs. Wise
went on vacation, said Mrs. Wise had lived in the Gambrills
home since 1971.

Gene Gibson, who lived across the street from Mrs. Wise
until recently, said Mrs. Wise had "some serious problems."
"She was an alcoholic and had been in the hospital a few
times for internal bleeding," said Mrs. Gibson.

Law enforcement sources said Mrs. Wise had been known
previously to sleep in her office overnight. Bruises on her body
were consistent with the ones she could have gotten recently
while having bone marrow work performed.

Another neighbor, Pat Borosky, said Mrs. Wise "looked
like she was ill last week."

Law enforcement sources said Mrs. Wise had apparently
taken off her clothes after defecating on herself. The office door
was locked, Commerce officals said. She reportedly had
worked about 14 years for the department's International Trade
Administration. She was a secretary in the unit.

Anne Luzzato, press secretary for Commerce Secretary
Mickey Kantor, said Mrs. Wise was found about 8am by an
employee.
(Ruth Larson contributed to this article)

BRIEF ANALYSIS by ANONYMOUS

Whoa baby! Wise wasn't "partially nude" -- she was
totally NAKED, according to this report. And her body was
BRUISED. Of course those bruises "could have come from
bone marrow work" she had recently.

COULD HAVE? Don't they know? Wouldn't even a preliminary
autopsy reveal a cancer severe enough to require bone marrow
work, since the Medical Examiners office was still awaiting
her medical records?

Well, maybe Wise's neighbors spilled the beans about
her bone marrow work. They do seem to know an awful lot
about her medical problems. She must have been a regular
hypochondriacal Chatty Cathy.

But wait! According to her next door neighbor, Wise "kept
to herself". Then who told the neighborhood all about her
illnesses. (Marsha Scott?, Bruce Lindsey?, Melinda Yee?)

And since when are government employees allowed to
sleep in their offices overnight. Is the Commerce Department
a Motel 6? Or is like Hotel 1600 on Pennsylvania Avenue?

Gees, when I feel sick -- I head home. I don't decide to
sleep at work. And how was she going to get out the next
day? Wouldn't the Commerce Building have been locked up
on Thangsgiving? Did Mrs. Wise usually spend her holidays
at the office too?

And did she really have to strip herself buck naked --
top to bottom -- to clean herself up after defecating? Did she
keep a change of clothes on hand anticipating just such
an accident?

Or was she going to go home the next day in her birthday suit?
Are the police just surmising this scenario -- or do they have
any real evidence that this is actually what happened?

CBasher

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