Barbara Wise

Barbara Alice Wise was a 48-year-old United States Department of Commerce employee who was found dead in her fourth-floor office Nov. 29, 1996, at Commerce's International Trade Administration under unexplained circumstances, leaving her co-workers and many other employees in the huge downtown office building concerned and upset. Wise, of the 900 block of Falls Circle Way in Gambrills, was last seen at work at 4 p.m. Wednesday, just before employees left for the Thanksgiving holiday..
Although investigators found bruises on her body, a D.C. police investigator said there was no outward sign of any cause of death. In addition, Sgt. Michael J. Farish, of the police homicide unit, said no obvious signs of foul play were found in Wise's office.
Wise was employed in the same section of the Commerce Department which was the focus of illegal foreign fundraising.It was suggested that a cover-up involving Ron Brown's death, as with the death of Wise, was due to a deliberate attempt by Attorney General Janet Reno in order to safe-guard the President, who was becoming increasingly under scrutiny for dubious campaign donations which originated with John Huang while he was a ranking member of the Commerce Department and visiting the Chinese Embassay as well as the Chinese Ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C.. Wise reportedly worked in the same section as Huang.

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