From: [Clark Matthews] at [f816.n107.z1.FIDONET.ORG] (Clark Matthews) Subject: Waco ATF Video Coverup Message-ID: <[2747 2 BFC 320 C] at [paranet.FIDONET.ORG]> Date: 20 May 93 22:40:00 GMT Senator Phil Gramm 2323 Bryan Street Suite 1500 Dallas, Texas 75201 Dear Senator, ...I am by trade a microwave communications technician, with a background in land based telecommunications as well as law enforcement... On March 2, 1993 at approximately 11 PM, while monitoring live Ku band transmissions from the Waco media setup, I was surprised to view what was certainly an almost unedited video "refeed" of the assault. Having monitored news feeds in the past I knew from experience that the tape would be run twice. I proceeded to tape the 2nd feed using a Fisher six head... Unlike the tape widely distributed over off-air and cable television news programs, this tape has no "voice-over" and the audio runs completely intact. Over the ensuing weeks the tape was studied carefully by myself as well as several men with military and law enforcement backgrounds including veterans who served under Col. Hackworth. The conclusions reached are as follows; ... 5. Despite public statements to the contrary, agents are seen firing blindly into walls and windows without properly acquiring a target. This practice is known as "spray and pray" in law enforcement circles, and is unacceptable while executing an arrest warrant on one man and one man only where more than 100 innocent women, children and men are residing. ... > >>They could have surrendered at any time that they liked, and I am sure > >>that the FBI would have let them. Would you like to withdraw your > >>compliment? :) > > Bill, your myopia is overwhelming, please forgive me. To repeat > > myself, the BD's made several efforts to make verbal contact with > > agents. Every time they were shot at. How confident and willing > > would YOU be to go to a window if you were met by sniper fire? > > I asked you this before, and made this same point before, but you > > seem to have ignored it. What would YOU do if you were not allowed > > to emerge from shelter without being shot at? I'm sure you are not > > so stupid as to allow your immolation for the sake of "law and order", > > eh? > Even enemy armies have managed to surrender. I am confident that if > Koresh wanted to surrender, he could have. There are many ways that > he could have expressed his willingness, like hanging out a white > sheet, telling the 911 operators, etc. The first step is to express > his intent to surrender peacefully, the next step is to arrange his > safe exit from the compound. Oh yeah. From the same posting: 10. At the end of the video-tape an unidentified Davidian is seen and heard from a lower story doorway repeatedly calling for "peace" each time he is met with a hail of gunfire. -- [c d t] at [rocket.sw.stratus.com] --If you believe that I speak for my company, OR [c d t] at [vos.stratus.com] write today for my special Investors' Packet...