Judi Bari interviewed by Ed Kowas on KMFB FM in Fort Bragg, October 6, 1993
Show Notes by Nicholas Wilson:
Judi is interviewed by Ed Kowas on his On The Record radio show on KMFB on October 6, 1993.
First 17 min is about loggers SLAPP suing EF!ers in Idaho. Then Judi talks about efforts to get a Congressional investigation into the FBI handling of her bombing case. The OPD photos of her bombed car have just been released to her, and she will show them on the local cable TV version of the Kowas show this same day. She discusses a supposed error in the Lord's Avenger letter description of the Cloverdale bomb, a discrepancy over whether it was a 1.5" pipe or a 2" pipe. I believe this was later cleared up, and did not have the significance that Judi thought it did when she gave this interview.
(Digitized from audiocassette recorded off the air.)
Time Description
0:00.000 Kowas reads headlines re Congress asked to look at FBI role in bombing case
0:59.891 topic switch to Idaho loggers sue EF!
1:16.481 Judi re Idaho SLAPP
2:27.972 campaign of misinformation claiming EF! sabotage
4:34.642 harassment by Health Dept., Fish & Wildlife agency
6:57.833 Judi: LP forester complained of EF!ers relieving selves in woods
8:02.803 Idaho SLAPP suit similar to LP Albion SLAPP
8:47.526 Kowas plugs Judi appearance on local cable TV version of this show later today
9:00.355 Judi continues re Idaho SLAPP
11:16.433 Judi: burden of defending SLAPP
12:51.660 Kowas announces civil rights rally vs sheriff harassment
14:15.334 Judi re police harassment
15:07.737 Judi says politically active Native Am. targeted nationally for harassment
16:38.761 Judi says Congress should also investigate Peltier and Geronimo cases
16:47.725 Judi says she shares a lawyer with Geronimo
17:06.196 Begin summary of bomb case
17:44.937 Judi begins quick summation of context of the bombing
18:27.663 Judi says if LP official received a threat the sheriff would declare martial law
18:50.287 Judi capsule summary of bombing
19:12.299 FBI arrived within minutes and declared Judi & Darryl suspects
19:32.293 Eight week slew of publicity that EF!ers were bombers
20:01.901 FBI never removed JB and DC from suspect list
20:14.753 Kowas: they did heavy duty searches of JB and DC houses
20:33.536 Judi: cops confiscated Judi's calendar, kids' birth certificates, etc. etc
20:44.786 Lord's Avenger letter
22:29.147 Judi states what lawsuit alleges
22:43.835 1st Amendment charge
22:51.002 FBI falsely arrested us to discredit us as activists by branding us terrorists
23:15.000 Judi: what COINTELPRO was
24:01.383 Kowas: we're taught to have highest respect for FBI
24:40.799 Judi: the press helped frame me, printed whater FBI said
25:16.432 Richard Held
26:03.942 Richard Held resigned the day Judi revealed OPD photos
27:15.364 Kowas summarizes bomb case history so far
27:38.105 Judi re discovery
27:47.686 FBI appealed denial of their motion to dismiss
28:01.025 OPD didn't appeal mo to dismiss, so gave over case files in discovery
28:12.970 Judi: we got back OPD photos and files
28:36.585 Judi cites arrest warrant saying bomb was in back
28:57.883 photos show hole under driver's seat
29:16.387 no reasonable person could have made mistake that bomb was in back
29:34.832 within 20 min of FBI arrival, police report IDd JB & DC as terrorism suspects
30:32.754 Chenault affi cited FBI as telling him bomb was in back
31:14.953 On release of OPD pics, FBI announced case closed, no leads to follow
31:45.787 leads that FBI refused to follow: Argus ltr., death threat
32:40.449 FBI refusal to investigate matching documents is very telling
32:48.266 Lord's Avenger letter, Judi talks about pipe diameter "mistake"
33:58.691 Lord's Avenger mistake describing bomb was same as FBI report
34:20.568 Judi: FBI may be involved with L.Avenger creating false leads
34:42.066 Kowas wraps up show, plugs cable TV version to follow same day