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...destructive terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil -- 10 investigators began picking their way down a ramp leading to what had been the garage's second parking level, shining flashlights on the mangled remains of cars and trucks that had been blown to bits. "Hey, look at this," said an agent from the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. Joseph Hanlin, a bomb expert from ATF, picked up a thin, charred, twisted bit of metal about 18 in. long. "This is something that we need to take...
Instead, the fbi decided to mount a sting. Over the phone early Thursday morning, Ryder agent Patrick Galasso told Salameh he could get some money even without a police report of the van's theft. A farcical scene followed. According to some reports, two TV-news trucks showed up before the suspect did; Connie Bello, a Ryder day manager, chased them away by telling them they had the wrong Ryder office. It is known that Salameh had in fact reported the supposed theft of the van to Jersey City police. By some accounts two Jersey cops also showed...
...same time as the raid on the Jersey City apartment, FBI agents went to an apartment in Brooklyn where Salameh apparently had once lived (its address is on his driver's license). There they found Ibrahim Elgabrowny, a 42-year-old self-employed carpenter, who allegedly tried to punch an investigating agent and was arrested on a charge of obstructing justice. At a court hearing Friday, Judge Owen mysteriously remarked that Elgabrowny might be involved "up to his eyeballs" in the Trade Center bombing...
Planning for last week's raid began months ago, when federal and state law- enforcement officials concluded that cult members were stockpiling guns and preparing to make legal semiautomatics into illegal automatic weapons. ATF agents acquired a house near the compound, pretending to be neighbors and potential recruits. Search warrant in hand, more than 100 agents charged the buildings early Sunday morning, only to be met by an explosion of gunfire. "From the moment we stepped out of the trailer we were under fire from everywhere," says one agent who was pinned to the ground for 45 minutes...
...underestimated its adversary -- or overestimated its own capabilities in a bid for the media spotlight. Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen, whose department includes the bureau, promised a full inquiry. ATF officials claim that the raid failed largely because Koresh was tipped off. About 45 minutes before the shooting began, an agent who had infiltrated the cult's worship services saw Koresh get a phone call that he believes warned him that attackers were on their...