EMAIL 2 Editor's note: I am including information incoming from email. I have deleted names of the senders to protect anonymity and to encourage more input--K.S. ------------------------------------------------------------------- (public report) Militia leader seeks probe of truck photos By Kevin Flynn Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer The leader of the Militia of Montana wants to find out if aerial photographs sent anonymously to him really show a Ryder truck being guarded by military vehicles in the Oklahoma outback before the 1995 federal building bombing. John Trochmann, co-founder of one of the nation's best-known citizens' militia movements, spoke Tuesday night in Aurora. He is one of the few visible militia members to visit the Denver area since Oklahoma bombing defendant Timothy McVeigh went on trial here last week. A promoter of the theory that the government was somehow involved in the bombing, Trochmann said he can't vouch for the photos' authenticity but wants them investigated further. Trochmann admits the photos could be a hoax. A Texas prison inmate recently claimed that Trochmann supplied the explosives for the bomb that was detonated in a Ryder truck in front of the federal building. The Rocky Mountain News found many of the inmate's claims to be false. Trochmann dismissed the charge as lunacy. He distributed copies of two photographs he says he received two weeks ago in the mail from an unidentified Oklahoma pilot. On the telephone, Trochmann said, the pilot claimed he took the photos near Braggs, Okla. The purported site of the aerial photos is 21 miles from Vian, Okla. That's where McVeigh was registered in the El Siesta Motel on Sept. 13, 1994 -- the date on which the bombing conspiracy began, according to the indictment against McVeigh. The photos show a small compound surrounded by white canvas or plastic fencing. A large yellow Ryder truck is parked in one of four small enclosures backing onto four drab green canvas quonset huts. Military vehicles are parked around the compound. Wednesday, April 09, 1997 --------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- Forwarded Message: Subj: Re: Camp Gruber Date: 97-05-14 19:48:07 EDT From: GroomWatch To: flynnk@denver-rmn.com Hello, Kevin Thank you SO MUCH for your information on the article that you wrote for the Rocky Mountain News. Yes, there are persons like yourself, thank God, still in this once God-fearing nation that are truly seeking for truth and objectivity. I truly applaud your work,Kevin. Has the photo been published in any network TV news yet? My take on this is that, it is indeed fascinating. I mean, to fake a photo like that would probably cost a lot of money. Also, creating a model set like that. The more I look at the 2nd generation photos, the more I am mystified. The whole set-up at the encampment sure doesn't look like a regular militia-type ouftfit.......it is highly organized and looks professional!! from NORIO. P.S., Kevin, if there is any new info on this matter, please do not hesitate to inform us. Thank you so much. --------------------------------------------------------- To be more precise, Camp Gruber is an Oklahoma Army National Guard (OKARNG) camp. My $.02 worth: I am a former army intelligence officer. (An O-3 35A (5M). I was involved in a LOT of command post exercises (CPXs) and field training exercises (FTXs.) In my 6 years in army intelligence, I NEVER saw a rental truck used INSIDE an exercise area like this. I also never saw temporary fencing put up block off public gaze. Keep in mind that most of the exercises that I was involved in used classified (TS codeword) SIGINT, IMINT, and crypto equipment. The standard security precautions we took were conducting our activities in closed metal "shelters" that were on the back of trucks, and putting those trucks inside a "field SCIF". (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility.) This consisted of 24-hour armed guards and a continuous perimeter of three strands of concertina (razor) wire. This was per army regulations. Given the nature of the precautions shown in the photographs, and the timing of the observation (assuming that we are being told the truth about the date/place the photographs were taken), I am VERY suspicious. If we are indeed being shown photo that was taken in Oklahoma before April 19, 1995, then someone should launch a formal investigation, as soon as possible. The bottom line: Were there TWO Ryder rental trucks at Oklahoma City? (name withheld) -------------------------------------------------------------------