Newsgroups: alt.activism,alt.conspiracy
From: [b f rg 9732] at [uxa.cso.uiuc.edu] (Brian F. Redman)
Subject: Waco -- Additional Info
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1993 20:42:28 GMT

The "Houston Chronicle" of Tuesday, May 25, 1993 carries a 
front-page article based primarily on tape recordings made hours 
after the February 28th shoot-out at the Mount Carmel compound 
near Waco, Texas. The tapes contain, among other things, 
conversations between David Koresh and BATF negotiator Jim 
Cavanaugh.
 
The recordings offer "further evidence that Koresh knew the 
identity of the undercover agent placed by the [BATF] in the 
Mount Carmel compound," and show that Koresh was aware of the 
real purpose of this "Judas" at the very time the agent was 
within the compound.
 
"The ATF repeatedly has said that Koresh was aware of the raid 
well before agents arrived."
 
Attorney Dick DeGuerin, who represented Koresh and who was 
allowed inside the Mount Carmel compound on several occasions to 
meet with his client, "said the recordings contradict statements 
by ATF officials that agents attempted to serve Koresh with 
arrest and search warrants before gunfire erupted."
 
"DeGuerin also said the tapes support the version of events 
related to him by Koresh -- that Koresh was willing to surrender 
and would have allowed the agents in the compound to execute 
their search warrants but was never given the opportunity."
 
According to DeGuerin, Koresh "repeatedly claimed that he 
witnessed the arrival of cattle trailers full of agents and went 
to the front door, only to be fired upon by the ATF agents."
 
"They did not make any attempt to talk to him," DeGuerin said. 
"When he went to the door, he was met with a bullet immediately."
 
From Day 1 of the federal siege at the Mount Carmel compound 
Koresh was willing to talk to President Clinton by phone. He is 
quoted as saying, "If the president wants to give me a call, man, 
this is a worldwide event. You know, I tried just saving people."
 
The article mentions an ongoing investigation into the tragedy 
being conducted by the U.S. Treasury Department. Among other 
things, the Treasury Department is seeking to determine whether 
"such a raid should ever have been staged."
 
The article also alludes to a "congressional committee 
investigating the events stemming from the Feb. 28 shootout." No 
further details are given about this congressional committee. Who 
is chairing it? Are the hearings open to the public, or are they 
being held in private due to "national security" reasons?
 
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Synopsis by Brian Francis Redman
([b f rg 9732] at [uxa.cso.uiuc.edu])
([72567 3145] at [compuserve.com])
"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture 
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