[Now, why am I not surprised by this report. Yes the Davidians
were to blame...after all it was they who used tanks to crash
into the compound, it was they who used pyrotechnic devices, it
was they who lied to everyone for 6 years...oops, I got them
confused with the government. On the other hand, did anyone
really believe that Clinton/Reno would pick someone who would be
objective? And, what about the expert on forward looking infrared
radar dying. Frankly, this whole thing........strange deaths,
blaming the victims for their own deaths, etc., just sounds very
Klintonesque to me.]
Investigator absolves U.S. government in Waco siege
Updated 1:46 PM ET July 21, 2000 ST. LOUIS (Reuters) -
An outside investigator assigned to probe the 1993 siege and fire
at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, Friday
completely absolved the government of wrongdoing in the disaster.
Former Sen. John Danforth said in a report that David Koresh,
leader of the group, and several others were entirely
responsible.
"The tragedy at Waco rests with certain Branch Davidians and
their leader David Koresh who shot and killed four (government)
agents, wounded 20 others, shot at FBI agents trying to insert
tear gas into the complex, burned down the complex, and shot at
least 20 of their own people, including five children,"
Danforth's report said.
About 80 sect members, including leader Koresh, died in the fire
which followed the raid at the end of a 51-day siege. The
standoff began on Feb. 28, 1993, when agents from the Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms tried to serve Koresh a warrant.
A gunfight erupted, killing four of the agents and six of the
cult members.
Danforth issued the report one week after a Texas jury found in a
damage suit that federal agents were not to blame for the deaths
in the siege and fire.
Attorney General Janet Reno named Danforth, a respected former
Republican senator, as an outside investigator in September 1999.
She took the action under pressure from members of Congress who
claimed there had been a government cover-up.
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