Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
From: [k--n--d] at [a.cs.okstate.edu] (Douglas W. Kennedy)
Subject: Some points on Justice Dept. show
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 93 05:20:44 GMT

Some interesting points from the Justice Dept. press session to
release their whitewash... er..  report:

1)  They claimed the dispersing gas used with the CS powder was
    Carbon Monoxide and "something else".  This is no joke,
    this is really what they said.  Yes, I have it on tape.

2)  They have given the Linda Thompson video to the University
    of Maryland (?) for review.  They could neither confirm
    or deny the flame-throwing tank allegation.  A spokesman
    said that he did not know either way what the apparent flame
    from the tank was.  (He did seem to agree that it did
    look something like a flame, but tried to explain it away.)

3)  Janet Reno said that ongoing child abuse in the compound
    compelled her to go forward with the tear gas assault.
    A reporter then asked why their was no mention of child
    abuse in the report.  She then said that "someone" had told
    her this, but that the "someone" was in error and there was
    *no direct evidence of child abuse during the standoff* (!)
    other than the allegations (that I had thought investigated
    by the Texas state welfare folks and dismissed!) from the
    divorce and custody proceedings *before* the raid.

4)  Jolly Janet was then asked who that "someone" was that gave
    her the false information.  She fumbled around for a while,
    and then said she didn't remember.

5)  An FBI spokesman said of the tank assault:  A tank drove 
    *through* the building, clear to the tower near the center of
    the complex.  The tank uncovered the "underground bunker"
    that was located under the tower.  The agents in the tank
    said they saw several children in the underground bunker.
    The tank them backed up outside the house,
    and waited for the children to come out.  (surprise, they
    didn't.  If a tank came smashing through your house, would
    you run out through the unstable wreckage of your home to
    greet it?  I think not.) The spokesman said these children
    were later found burned up in the bunker.  

This last point brings up a question.  I distinctly remember the
ATF claiming that there was fresh, cool air inside the underground
bunker and that anyone down there would have survived the fire.
What gives?  Perhaps another BATF lie (gasp!) ??

Also, pt. #2 means the flame throwing tank issue hasn't been
resolved yet.  (goody, we can flame away for a few more weeks...)

Oh yeah, the FBI said that most of their experts were pretty sure
that Carbon Monoxide is not flammable.  

Doug K.