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>..Justice Grabs Tapes of conversation between agents giving OK to use
>gas...The AP is reporting that marshals took custody of infrared tapes
>recorded during the early morning of April 19 when incendiary tear gas
>canisters were lobbed at a concrete bunker adjacent to the Davidians'
>compound... MORE...
>
>
>SHOWDOWN: FURIOUS RENO ORDERS FBI EVIDENCE SEIZED!
>
>Marshals Impound FBI Waco Evidence
>By Michelle Mittelstadt
>Associated Press Writer
>Wednesday, September 1, 1999; 9:42 p.m. EDT
>
>WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal marshals were dispatched Wednesday to the FBI's
>headquarters to impound previously undisclosed evidence in the 1993 assault
>by federal agents on the Branch Davidian compound, Justice and FBI officials
>said Wednesday night.
>
>The marshals took custody of infrared tapes recorded during the early
morning
>of April 19 when incendiary tear gas canisters were lobbed at a concrete
>bunker adjacent to the Davidians' compound near Waco, Texas, an FBI source
>said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
>
>Hours later, the wooden compound erupted into flames. Cult leader David
>Koresh and some 80 followers died during the inferno.
>
>Justice Department officials dispatched the marshals to the FBI building
less
>than a block away after the FBI informed them it had uncovered in its files
>additional information about the tear gas.
>
>Department sources said Attorney General Janet Reno and her top aides were
>angered at the latest turn of events. Just a week ago, the FBI was forced to
>recant six years of denials that it had used incendiary tear gas during the
>final hours of the 51-day siege.
>
>That belated admission prompted a furor on Capitol Hill, where congressional
>Republicans are readying hearings for the fall. A frustrated Reno also
>ordered an investigation to determine why combustible tear gas was used
>against her orders.
>
>The FBI source said the new material, found in the offices of the FBI's
>Hostage Rescue Team in Quantico, Va., was turned up as part of FBI Director
>Louis Freeh's mandate that all files be searched for relevant information in
>advance of the investigation.
>
>The Hostage Rescue Team was in charge of the FBI's operation during the
siege
>and the final tear-gas assault.
>
>After the evidence was found, it was transferred to FBI headquarters in
>Washington, where the marshals took possession.
>
>``Earlier this afternoon, senior main Justice Department officials learned
>from the FBI that the FBI had found additional materials in its possession
>regarding the shooting of military CS gas rounds on the morning of April
>19,'' said Justice spokesman Myron Marlin.
>
>The Justice officials ``immediately directed the United States Marshals
>Service to take possession and inventory the materials,'' Marlin added.
>
>The FBI concurred, said bureau spokesman John Collingwood.
>
>``We are anxious to identify and preserve for outside review and
>congressional oversight anything that may bear on the firing of the military
>gas rounds,'' Collingwood said. ``In the end, the only way we can completely
>restore our credibility is to identify every scrap of information we have
and
>immediately turn it over to whomever is doing the review.''
>
>It appeared increasingly likely Wednesday that Reno will order an
independent
>inquiry, sidestepping the investigative resources of the FBI.
>
>Joining a chorus of voices on and off Capitol Hill, the White House has made
>clear its preference for an independent investigation, a White House
official
>said Wednesday.
>
>``We would support a thorough and independent look at this,'' said the
>official, who asked not to be identified.
>
>Freeh, who wants to head off any perception of conflict of interest, earlier
>this week indicated support for an inquiry free of involvement from the FBI
>or the Justice Department.
>
>Reno, who is out of the country on official business through Thursday, has
>not reached a final decision, Marlin said.
>
>Justice sources, however, described Reno as leaning strongly in favor of an
>independent investigation and forgoing the use of a team of 40 FBI agents
>that had been assembled to re-interview all of the participants in the FBI
>operation.
>
>The government's conclusion that the 1993 fire was set by Davidian cult
>members has long been doubted by conspiracy theorists and others who allege
>the government engaged in a widespread cover-up.
>
>The FBI and Reno have said there is no evidence to suggest the blaze was set
>by the incendiary tear gas canisters. After insisting that only
non-flammable
>devices were used, the FBI said last week that a ``very limited number'' of
>combustible canisters were lobbed at a concrete bunker 40 yards from the
>compound a few hours before the fire erupted.
>
>The House Judiciary Committee is drafting legislation to establish a
>congressional commission to investigate the matter -- a step that in
Chairman
>Henry Hyde's view could avoid the partisanship exhibited during earlier Waco
>hearings.
>
>The House Government Reform Committee, which is already planning hearings,
>will issue subpoenas Thursday to the White House, Justice and Defense
>Departments, the FBI and Texas Rangers seeking documents and other
>Waco-related information, said spokesman Mark Corallo.
>
>Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, on Wednesday became the one of the first members
of
>Congress to urge Reno to resign over the Waco controversy.
>
>``I think the attorney general should step down,'' Gramm said. ``This is
>another example of where she has either lied to the American people or
>allowed the American people to be lied to.''
>>© Copyright 1999 The Associated Press
>
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