nv LA ee | SPECIAL REPORT |, $2.50 La ad * ny eros a cura) ie inside Sue CoEFROM THE EDITOR JHE NEW AMERICAN / AUGUST 7, 1995 ‘most reliable “facts” in the case, is now be ing questioned by a number of highly quali- fied experts. Along the trail ean be found ‘compelling evidence pointing 1 supplemen- fal demolition charges inside the buildin. ‘The tral contains some surprising twists and turns that will discourage many investi- gators. There is, for instance, the disturbing act that the existence of demolition charges inside the building would suggest a much ‘more sophisticated operation than we have been led to believe. Then there is the trou bling question as to why the government — in spite of the evidence — would tena ciously cling to the single-bomb theory. Like many other facets of the Oklahoma City story, we cannot answer that question, tbut we don’t believe it should deter honest investigators from drawing conclusions based upon the evidence itself, In two blockbuster articles beginning on pages 4 and 13, Tie New AMERICAN'S senior editor, William F. Jasper, who has been in- vestigating the Oklahoma City tragedy since day one, presents a compelling case for the multiple-bomb scenario. But we ask that you not take his word for it, or even the ‘wort ofthe knowledgeable experts whom he quotes, but examine their logic and carefully weigh the evidence yourself. Even though the ease for multiple bombs must withstand the scrutiny of structural enginoors, building acchitects, forensic experts, seismologists, etc., one does not have to hold a PhD in physics to understand the objections to the single-bomb theory. If, after evaluating the evidence, you tugree that only part ofthe story is being told, Wwe encourage you to place this issue in the hands of fellow citizens — not just friends ‘and neighbors, but congressmen and scien- tists, There is still much about the Oklahoma tragedy that mast be uncovered, but we be- Tieve the truth will ot, il — Gary Bevorr Publisher Joho F. MoManus ‘Associate Publisher Thomas G. Gow Editor Gary Benoit Managing Editor David W. Bobon Senior Editors Witam F Jasper Wiliam Nomen Grigg Washington Editor Wiliam P. Hoar Contributors Hise du Berrier ‘Samuel L. Blumentord dames J. Drummey .Eotvara Grin sane H. Ingraham Robert W. Lee "Noland D. Nebel Charles E Rice ewelyn H. Rocket J. Fr James Thomton {Ar Director ‘Seat J. alberts ‘Typesetting Steven J, DuBord Marketing Director ‘Shariyn M. Stanley ‘Advertsing/Circultion “le DuFran, Me Deborah Palzer, Asst ge Research ‘Thomas F, Edilem, Dt Thomas A. Burzynski NEWAMERICAN Péntedin he US. (SSN 0885-8540), ‘Te New Anz Ib published beekiy by American Opinion Pubiening Incorporated, {id $27) of $22 for hx mete aval and (Cana, add $4.50 oven, aad $1350) Ar ‘ai rats on resuect gle cape $2.80, Pls $2.00 postage and handing for up 10 ght copes. Over ela copie, ad 15% of Gatar tla. Copyright 01995 by American Opinion Pubiching Incorporates. Second Class Posiage pals at Arsalan, Wand a onal malin ofoee, Posimests: Send ary ‘ates changes fo Te Naw Auencan, P.O, Box Boo, Aplton, Wl 5418 46- and asm micron 105-rm mice, nd aril an esuephetooopae of hs pu. Teton ae avai tom Uniersiy er fe, in, 900 Norh Zoe oad, Ar Ar, 143106, Phone: @00) 21-0800.Bee Explosive Evidence of a Cover-up Mysteries in Oklahoma City bombing begin to unravel ince his critical analysis of the Oklahoma City bombing ap: peared in the June 26th issue of ‘The New American (“OKC Bombing: Expert Analysis”), Brigadier General Benton K. Partin (USAF, Ret.) has been 1 busy man, Besides being interviewed on dozens of radio and television pro- grams, he has traveled to Oklahoma City to examine forensic evidence not previously available to him. What he Tound there is nothing less than — highly explosive. Photographic evidence, together with architectural assessments of the structural integrity of the remainder of the building alter the blast, offer strong support forthe ‘general’s conclusion in his intial analy= sis that demolition charges had been used in addition to the truck bomb. From the outset of the April 19th blast, General Partin was convinced there was something fishy about the of- ficial story attributing the devastation at the Alfred P, Murrah Federal Building solely to a truck bomb, The laws of phys- ies and a lifetime of experience with ex- plosives and munitions told him that both the magnitude and the pattern of damage were totally inconsistent with a single bomb, especially one detonated outside ofthe building on the street “When I first saw the pictures of the truck bomb’s asymmetrical damage to the federal building,” Partin said, "my immediate reaction was thatthe pattern of damage would have been technically impossible without supplementing demo- ltion charges at some of the reinforced conerete column bases, a standard demo- ltion technique.” Appeal for Action Tn a letter which he personally deli ered to the Capitol offices of $6 mem- bers of Congress on May 18th, the general, one of our nation’s premiere munitions and explosives experts, de- tailed some of the many problems with the official version of the bombing and appealed for action to delay the demoli- tion of the building so that vital evi- dence would not be destroyed, “A care ful examination of the collapsed column bases would readily reveal a failui ‘mode produced by a demolition charge, he wrote, “This evidence would be so critical, a separate and independent as- sessment should be made before a building demolition team destroys the evidence forever.” Unfortunately, that appeal could not stop the rush to judgment; the building ‘was demolished five days later, on May 23rd. By the time General Partin atrived in Oklahoma City, all that remained at the Murrah Building site was a mound Of dirt and the stumps of the building's four corner columns. The thousands of tons of the building’s rubble — the pri- ‘mary forensic evidence in this “deadli- est terrorist attack ever on American soil” — had been buried in a landfill ‘outside of town. That, however, did not prevent Partin from examining hun- dreds of photographs that had been taken of the crime scene in the various stages of the cleanup after the blast. The photographs, he told Tae New AMERi- CaN, provide more than sufficient evi- dence to sustain his earlier misgivings about the case, They provide, says the ‘general, undeniable proof that demoli- tion charges had been used on four of the building's columns and that these, not the truck bomb, caused the massive structural damage on April 19th General Partin released this new evi dence on July 13th in a 23-page report entitled Bomb Damage Analysis of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The report includes five 814" by 11” color photo- ‘graphs and a detailed diagram illustrat- ing the potential blast impact of the truck bomb on the damaged building. (These graphics are reproduced through: ‘Out this article with the “tab” identifica- tion numbers used in the Partin report.) Notwithstanding the fact that it has been completely ignored by the Estab- lishment media, the general's report presents a very compelling case. The nature of the evidence and the cogency THE NEW AMERICAN / AUGUST 7, 1995