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FBI issues advisory on April 19 violence.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - The FBI's counterterrorism office
says it knows of "no specific, credible threat" of violence connected to
Thursday's anniversary of the Branch Davidian fire at Waco, Texas, and the
bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Nonetheless,
the bureau has issued an advisory for law enforcement agencies across the
country to be aware that April 19 marks not only those events, but also the
anniversary of the 1775 battles between minutemen and British troops at
Lexington and Concord, "which is meaningful to many of the self-styled
'patriots' in the current militia movement."
FBI officials emphasize the
message, which was sent last Friday to state and local officials over the
National Law Enforcement Telecommunications Systems, is a routine advisory
similar to those sent to officials coast to coast as a precaution before
anniversaries, trials, executions, or other events that could potentially
provoke a violent response.
Counterterrorism officials openly worried
about a domestic terrorism incident on April 19, 1996 - one year after the
Oklahoma City blast and three years after Waco. But each of the past five years
the anniversary has come and gone without incident. "The anxiety level has
waned each year," acknowledged one FBI agent who asked not to be identified.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms did not send out any special
notice to its field offices regarding precautions for the anniversary, but did
note it in a calendar of events distributed to its offices around the country.
The ATF is particularly sensitive to the anniversary because four of its
agents were killed in the deadly Waco shootout that started the siege that ended
with the Branch Davidian fire on April 19, 1993.
"It remains a
significant date in our history," said ATF chief spokesman Brian Burns. "But it
wouldn't be prudent to talk about things like the security of our facilities. We
wouldn't want anyone to think we're more concerned or less concerned on that
date than any
other."
http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/04/16/april.19/index.html
April
19.
April 19, 1775: Battle of Lexington opens the American
Revolution. April 19, 1993: Siege of Waco, Texas, Branch Davidians
compound ends. April 19, 1993: The false date of issue for accused
Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McViegh's fake South Dakota driver's license.
April 19, 1995: Date of execution of Richard Wayne Snell, member of the
Covenant, the Sword and the Arm of the Lord, for the murder of Jewish
businessman and a black police officer, and also the date of the Oklahoma City
bombing.
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