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When Attorney General Janet Reno and FBI Director Louis Freeh consulted the publishers of the Post and the Times, they wrestled together over whether they should appear to give in to a terrorist in the hope of stopping the bombings--or worse, provoke him to greater violence by acceding to the demands. But the investigators wanted to take the gamble that some professor, some family member, someone who knew the killer would hear echoes of a friend or student or relative. They were hoping, in short, for David...
TIME: What do you think about Janet Reno's and President Clinton's calling for the death penalty for the suspects in the bombing before the investigation had been completed...
...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...
DELORES F. ADAMS, 63; INCLINE VILLAGE, NEV.; retired nurse When Adams won $9.3 million at the slots in Reno in 1992, giving was first on her mind. Initially, she helped her husband, two sons, six sisters and three brothers. Then she donated pews and stained-glass windows to her childhood church in Alabama. Today she funds three $1,000 college scholarships each year and contributes to numerous academic and medical-research organizations. "Anything I've had I've always shared," says Adams. "Now I can share money...