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Nussbaum was feeling good about progress on the nominations of Ruth Ginsburg for the Supreme Court and Louis Freeh for the FBI. "We're feeling good," he said. "This is coming together." Thomases wondered if the "we" really included Foster. "Help take the weight off his shoulders," she said. "You've been focusing on Ginsburg, and Vince is carrying the load...
...While Randy Weaver made mistakes," read the report. "So did every federal law enforcement agency involved in the Ruby Ridge incident." In addition to the FBI, the committee scored the U.S. Marshals Service and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. The report singled out FBI Director Louis Freeh, who took office after the shootout, for using "questionable judgement" when he merely reprimanded, then promoted, Larry Potts, his former deputy and friend. Potts, who has been removed from the FBI, is one of five top FBI officials under investigation for their roles in the incident, which left Weaver...
Unfortunately, the FBI has not gotten the message. After Ruby Ridge, FBI Director Louis J. Freeh promoted Larry Potts, one of those most responsible for the debacle, to the number two spot in the bureau. Only recently, with the threat of Congressional hearings looming large, was he first demoted and then suspended. If the FBI does not act quickly to sharply discipline those who acted without discipline, it forfeits its already fading reputation for professionalism...
...Firearms, has backed off comments that the FBI bungled the 1993 standoff in Waco. Monday, Magaw said: "I believe that had we been left in charge of the Waco incident, we would not have burned that building." Tuesday, after a talking-to by Janet Reno and FBI director Louis Freeh: "I need to make perfectly clear David Koresh, not Attorney General Reno or the FBI, was responsible for the fire...
...Publishers of both dailies had debated whether or not to print the essay since April, when the bomber sent it to them with the warning that he would kill again if it was not published in its entirety by September 24. Attorney General Janet Reno and FBI director Louis Freeh recommended publication, hoping to stop the bomber who has killed three people and injured 23 more in 17 years...