-Caveat Lector- XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED, SEPT 01, 1999 21:51:22 ET XXXXX FURIOUS RENO ORDERS FBI EVIDENCE SEIZED! A furious Janet Reno ordered federal marshals to the headquarters of the FBI to impound new, previously undisclosed evidence relating to the 1993 Branch Davidian assault near Waco, Texas. As she returned from Panama late Wednesday night, Attorney General Reno expressed total anger over the development while aboard the plane, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned from one eyewitness. "Her face was flushed, she was clearly shaken," the eyewitness told the DRUDGE REPORT. Washington was rocked Wednesday night just hours after federal 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 Branch Davidians' compound. The tapes capture conversation between agents giving the OK to use gas on the compound. The recording contains the voices of agents asking for and receiving authorization from their operational commanders at Waco. The new material, found in the offices of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team in Quantico, Va. on Wednesday, was transferred to FBI headquarters in Washington -- where it was seized. FBI Director Louis Freeh's has issued a mandate that all FBI files be searched for relevant information on Waco. "The recording is on the audio track of an infrared videotape that picked up heat images from inside the compound," the NEW YORK TIMES is rushing in a Thursday Page One lead, according to publishing sources. The tape was made by an aircraft flying over the site at the time the tear-gas canisters were launched at the bunker, according to the report. MORE... RENO MAY NAME FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR TO HEAD NEW PROBE Former Republican senators John Danforth of Missouri and Warren Rudman of New Hampshire are said to be on Reno's short list of candidates to head a new probe into the events surrounding Waco, the NEW YORK TIMES is reporting. Another candidate is Dan Webb, a prominent Chicago lawyer and former Republican-appointed federal prosecutor. MORE.... JUDGE TO IGNORE JUSTICE DEPT An unnamed federal court official in Waco tells Thursday's ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION that U.S. District Judge Walter Smith Jr. has no intention on holding a hearing on the Justice Department's motion that questions Smith's authority to gain possession of all evidence pertaining to Waco and an ongoing civil lawsuit. Judge Smith is determined to begin the Branch Davidian's civil wrongful death lawsuit on October 18 -- however the Justice Department challenged Smith's August 9 order asking for all government agencies and individuals to hand over all materials relevant to the Branch Davidian case. All Developing... ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed by Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereport.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 1999 DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
