Time: Sat Jul 12 07:17:23 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA00440; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 06:59:36 -0700 (MST) by usr06.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id GAA10618; Sat, 12 Jul 1997 06:59:27 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 12 Jul 1997 06:59:12 -0700 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: Waco: the Rules of Engagement (fwd) <snip> > >Snipped and forwarded from C-NEWS: > > "Waco: the Rules of Engagement" > >What started out to be a one-hour TV documentary is now a >two-hour-and-15-minute film being shown in theaters. "The agenda was, >just as it was when we were in the news business, it was to determine >as nearly as possible what the facts actually are, and to tell the >public what those facts are. They can make up their own minds about >whether we're right. But at least they have accurate information to >make informed decisions," stated Dan Gifford, co-Executive Producer >with his wife Amy Sommer Gifford of "WACO: The Rules of Engagement." > >Showing clips of their production on NET's weekly talk show "Next >Revolution," they described to host Brad Keena how the FBI's infrared >film reveals a heretofore unknown fact about the siege at Waco. Dan >Gifford explained, "The infrared camera was a device that was being >used by the FBI each day in the sky.It was a surveillance device. What >they were using this for was to spot where people were or what was >going on at the time. This was just routine.. What you see on the >19th (of April 1993) on the back of the building, which was completely >hidden at all times from the news cameras, was that you can clearly >see that there's a lot of activity going on that we never heard about, >such as the tanks tearing out the back of the building and this >tremendous amount of automatic weapons fire." > >>From a film clip, Edward Allard, former head of the Defense >Department's night vision laboratory at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia said, >"The important thing to notice is the gunfire, multiple rounds are >being fired from at least two different positions. It's about ten >bursts in approximately two to three seconds?.There is nothing in >nature that would duplicate these types of thermal signatures, >primarily because of the short duration of the bursts themselves. >Nothing in nature could do that. According to our calculations, it >indicates that both positions were firing automatic weapons." > >Another clip from a Senate Committee hearing, Dick Rogers, former FBI >hostage and rescue team coordinator testified, "I'll remind the >American people one more time that during that entire time, those six >hours, and, indeed, those 51 days, the FBI never fired one shot at the >Davidians." Gifford added, "We also augment this with another >analysis done for CBS's "60 Minutes," which also had done this, which >also agrees with what we found. Of course, "60 Minutes" spiked the >story!" Amy Sommer Gifford pointed out, "I don't know if it's a >question of a lie, per se, but what we did is facts to us, and we have >a sheet full of experts who agree with us?.We only included things in >the film that we could verify with at least two outside sources." She >added, "February 28th was really the tragic day. Because you had ATF >agents there believing they were serving their God and country, doing >the right thing. And you had the Davidians there believing that they >were serving their God and their country. And it just was a tragedy! >Four ATF agents died and six Davidians inside was the entire death >toll." She said, "It's about people with badges and guns who went a >little far." > >Dick Gifford spoke to the action of the ATF storming the compound >firing weapons. "All of the evidence which would prove who is telling >the truth is missing. We have, first of all, this large white double >door at the front of the building. A lot of gunfire bullet holes are >in one half of the one side of that. That half of the door >disappeared after the fire. The ATF had just lots of cameras >there?.They wanted to have a big publicity campaign to impress >Congress. Miraculously, the tapes now are either missing or blank! >All these videotapes which would show who is telling the truth." >Contact: Karen O'Hara @ the Key Theatre 202.965.4401 / website >www.waco93.com > > Federal government lied about Waco > >(Commentary by J. Bradley Keena on NET's "Next Revolution") Last >month, President Bill Clinton received criticism from racial >activists complaining his Administration had not done enough for >their agenda on race. > >Washington's establishment media reported their criticisms. As a >sensitive President who feels their pain, Mr. Clinton quickly convened >a meeting at the White House and the Administration immediately >plunged into action. > >Administration officials began by announcing new actions to curb the >alleged racism. President Clinton delivered a series of speeches >calling for racial sensitivity, reaffirming racial quotas, and even >suggesting that perhaps he should apologize on behalf of the federal >government for slavery. > >As if this were not enough, Attorney General Janet Reno even >suggested that judges ought to find more whites to send to death row >in an effort to foster racial balance in the gas chamber! > >Two things immediately come to mind. First, after the Executive >Branch, there really are no other branches of government today. The >legislative and judicial branches are subordinate to the will of the >Administration. > >Second, the President had the right idea about a national apology; he >simply had the wrong subject in mind. I believe the federal government >should apologize for its deadly raid on the Branch Davidian compound >at Waco, Texas in 1993. If the documentary, "Waco: The Rules of >Engagement," says anything, it tells us - beyond any reasonable doubt >- that the federal government lied about what happened and covered up >the facts which have demonstrated those lies. > >The Waco raid was the largest raid in the history of the Bureau of >Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; it was the largest federal armed entry >ever of an American home; and it resulted in the largest number of >deaths of law enforcement officers in a single operation, as well as >the largest number of civilian deaths in a law enforcement operation. >Why were so many people - mostly women and children - confined in the >compound on the final day when the fires began? > >An infrared film of that assault indicated there was automatic >gunfire from outside the smoking building preventing those inside from >escaping. Why? The answer became clear the moment the siege ended, and >the federal police ran the flag up the compound flag pole: revenge. >The BATF was not unlike any army that had been defeated and took >casualties on the first day of conflict. They retreated and called in >reinforcements. In came the FBI, and with it tanks and helicopters to >manage the inevitable siege. Those inside the compound were kept from >the media cameras and microphones. Disinformation and propaganda, >therefore, belonged to the federal government. > >The local police, having been skeptical of the motives of the Feds, >were excluded from the war. Eventually, under political pressure, >Attorney General Janet Reno ordered the siege be brought to a swift >and decisive conclusion. The power now rested with the army gathered >around the compound. While Reno had her reasons, the warriors had >theirs. For their previous humiliation at the hands of the occupants >of the compound, they exacted a deadly revenge on April 19, 1993. > >The compound was gassed, allowed to burn, strafed by automatic rifle >fire, and the siege ended. The Feds celebrated that day. Inside, all >of the children died. > >The Waco tragedy is representative of citizens' worst fears about >their government: the use of firepower by politically appointed >federal officials against the people of the United States. Unbridled >federal authority, lax police procedures, and the use of militarized >federal police against America's ordinary citizens are ominous signs >portending more Wacos ahead. In the mud of that tragedy lies a >tattered Constitution. The blood of innocent Americans have stained >its words. Military boots have mutilated its pages. Can real reform >ever prevent the Next Revolution? Contact: Brad Keena @ Free Congress >Foundation 202.546.3000 > >EDITOR's NOTE: There are now three ways to receive NET daily >programming. It is available 24 hours a day via satellite at GE1-19. >If cable TV is available in your area, request it from your local >operator. If cable is not available or you do not receive all of >NET's programming, order an 18" satellite dish from EchoStar - the >Dish Network by calling today 1-800-NET-5555. - > >------ To subscribe to c-news, send the message SUBSCRIBE C-NEWS, or >the message UNSUBSCRIBE C-NEWS to unsubscribe, to >majordomo@world.std.com. Contact owner-c-news@world.std.com if you >have questions. > >%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%* >Mark E. 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