From: [c d t] at [sw.stratus.com] (C. D. Tavares)
Newsgroups: talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: FBI Edits Waco 911 Tapes
Date: 6 Jul 1993 21:45:12 GMT
In article <212eoq$[cl 7] at [usenet.rpi.edu]>, [k--c--r] at [remus.ral.rpi.edu] (William Katcher) writes:
> >> immediately e-mailed Mr. Matthews to find out if and how I can
> >> receive a copy of this tape.  Though I will still wait, I have
> >> not yet received a response.  Has anyone else seen this tape, and
> >> if so, how do I go about getting a copy, and does it indeed show
> >> the information claimed in the post?

> >In the original post, the letter was signed "name withheld."  Therefore
> >I doubt that Mr. Matthews was the writer of the letter.  If you don't
> >have any luck getting him to respond, I don't know what to suggest.
> >(I have had mixed luck getting mail to and from FIDO feeds, myself.)

> Well, you have refuted several of my arguments with nothing more than
> this unamed persons's posting.  I am sure that you can understand why
> I would not be inclined to base any of my opinions or arguments on 
> this post.

Look, I'm NOT saying that you shouldn't follow it up.  I'd pay some $
for a copy of that tape, too.  I'm just saying that it's not going to
be as easy as mailing to a re-poster.

> >You may also want to investigate Linda Thompson's videotape of Waco.
> 
> I saw the original posting, and I laughed.  I was trying to verify
> the legitimacy of the alegged tape that you used to debate my 
> argument, not find more ways to throw out my money.  

Consider it an investment.  I've seen the tape, and it's damned
interesting.  There's a very good shot on that tape of a tank
withdrawing from a punch hole with flames CLEARLY emanating from
the nozzle.  There's also some footage that claims to show that 
the fire actually started in the underground bunker, not the
house -- and footage of agents entering and leaving that bunker
immediately prior to the fire.

There's also the well-known footage of the BATF agent on the ladder
shooting himself in the leg, and the moron who threw a grenade and
fired into a window just after his three compatriots had entered it.
In fact, it's quite possible that the bullet holes appearing in the
wall were THEM shooting back at HIM.

A lot of what's on the tape is simply things we've already discussed
here, but it's good to have a handy source of the clips.
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