.............................................................. >From the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: Conspiracy Shopping Cart: http://a-albionic.com/shopping.html From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SNET: Some Actions At Waco Were Not Authorized, Reno Testifies Date: Monday, April 10, 2000 3:23 PM -> SNETNEWS Mailing List Some Actions At Waco Were Not Authorized, Reno Testifies Attorney General Questioned In Wrongful-Death Lawsuit By David A. Vise Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, April 6, 2000; Page A15 Attorney General Janet Reno acknowledged in a videotaped deposition last week that FBI agents operating near Waco, Tex., lacked authority to use potentially flammable tear gas devices or to demolish the Branch Davidian compound that went up in flames in April 1993, leaving 75 people dead. Reno recently said the deaths at Waco remain the most tragic and painful event in her lengthy tenure. Now, in her first sworn civil testimony as attorney general, Reno has indicated that the armored vehicles equipped with battering rams at Waco were attempting to puncture holes in the Davidian compound, rather than trying to destroy it. But she also made clear she was not consulted on independent actions taken by FBI agents that eventually led to the destruction of the compound's gymnasium and other portions of the building. "I would like them to have communicated it if they had in fact made such a decision," Reno said in the deposition. "I would have preferred that they discuss it with us, but the fact is, they didn't, and the fact that I have concluded is that they didn't--from everything that I have learned, they did not intend to demolish the compound at that point." Reno also acknowledged that no emergency conditions existed that would have permitted demolition of the building or the use of flammable devices at the discretion of FBI agents without her approval or that of senior FBI officials in Washington. The 107-page deposition was filed along with a motion from the Justice Department to dismiss claims made by plaintiffs in a wrongful-death lawsuit in Texas stemming from the Waco deaths, which have hampered Reno since her first months in office. The transcript is filled with both humorous and charged exchanges between plaintiffs' attorney Michael Caddell and Reno over the rules of engagement at Waco as he attempted to pin her down on critical issues and she deftly dodged his queries or answered them in a way that he found incomplete. "It was Clintonesque," Caddell said of Reno's testimony. "The nice thing for us is we will have a judge or a jury make a decision, and we will get a decision that will expose the attorney general for what she is: a political animal trying to hold on to a job past her time and trying to excuse the biggest debacle of her tenure. "I had higher expectations of the attorney general of the United States," Caddell continued. "I expected her to be more candid and was disappointed at her unwillingness to answer a simple question in a direct manner. I found her to be evasive." Justice Department officials said last night that Reno answered the questions directly and clearly. "We believe the transcript demonstrates that the attorney general was honest and forthright and that her statements were consistent with her prior testimony," said Justice Department spokesman Myron Marlin. Caddell said yesterday that he showed Reno documents she had never seen before showing that FBI agents were attempting to destroy the back side of the Davidian compound. He said that Reno, who went to deliver a speech in Baltimore while the raid was taking place, was ill-informed about what occurred and failed to conduct an exhaustive investigation in the aftermath. "She went before Congress and she defended the actions that took place on the back of the building without having done an adequate investigation," Caddell said. "She is now in a 'See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil' position." Reno said in her deposition that FBI agents in charge at the Davidian site, including Jeff Jamar and Richard Rogers, were given some discretion to make independent decisions because they were faced with constantly changing conditions that could not accurately be assessed from Washington. "When you undertake something like this," Reno said, "with the danger involved and the number of people and the number of children, it's very complex. There could be circumstances where the demolition of the building is necessary to protect human life. . . . And they have got to make instantaneous judgments there on the scene that I cannot advise of. Those are the circumstances that we have got to look at." At one point in the deposition, Caddell grew so frustrated with Reno's responses that he asked in desperation, "You're a, you grew up in America, correct, you have used the English language all your life?" Earlier, Reno said there were limitations in her knowledge of the weapons used at Waco. "I don't know anything about driving tanks," Reno said. "I do know that if I were going to destroy a building, I'd start on the outside first rather than driving into it and driving into danger. 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