Word: reno
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...Davidian inferno near Waco, Texas, in which more than 75 people were killed. In its handling of such standoffs, the Justice Department is at pains to re-establish the line between force and recklessness. The word this time is play it cool and play it down. Attorney General Janet Reno, who took heat for approving the final assault at Waco, summed up the order of the day for Montana: "No armed confrontation, no siege and no armed perimeter...
...scene but out of sight. To head up the bureau's command post in Billings, FBI Director Louis Freeh sent a top deputy, Robert ("Bear") Bryant, chief of the FBI's national security division. He sends regular field reports to Freeh, who in turn confers daily with Attorney General Reno. At the White House, Chief of Staff Leon Panetta has kept the President up to date...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: In a development that will complicate the Clintons' hopes of putting Whitewater behind them as quickly as possible, Whitewater special counsel Kenneth Starr today extended his investigation to include Travelgate testimony given by former presidential aide David Watkins. Attorney General Janet Reno had asked the court that appointed Starr approve the move, out of concern that her separate Justice Department inquiry could "seriously interfere with the independent counsel's ongoing investigation." In 1993, Watkins told the General Accounting Office that an evaluation done by a private accounting firm evaluation inspired the firings. However, in a memo that appeared...
...line between a programming genius and someone headed out the door for a station manager's job in Reno is, of course, notoriously indistinct. And Littlefield has had his share of bad ideas (remember Madman of the People?). Kevin Bright, an executive producer of Friends, recalls that Littlefield early on thought the series needed an older regular to counterbalance the twentysomething stars. The producers disagreed. "Another network executive might have said, 'No! I want this older character.' But Warren trusted our instincts and went with...
...Jack Tocco, was arrested this morning in Boca Raton, Fla. along with his brother Anthony and reputed second in command, Anthony Zerilli. "Here in Detroit, we believe we've driven a stake through the heart of La Cosa Nostra," said FBI Special Agent Joseph Martinolich Jr. Attorney General Janet Reno, underscoring the extensive government efforts to stem the tide of the mob, added that "In the last three years, 42 top figures in the La Cosa Nostra, including seven bosses or underbosses have been convicted by federal prosecutors." The indictment did not mention the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, the former...