Word: waco
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Despite unprecedented partisanship and infighting during the ten days of Waco hearings, Shannon says, the televised proceedings unearthed new material and put the American public in a far better position to judge the government's role in the tragedy. "Most Americans had never seen these FBI people -- the FBI agents and the hostage rescue teams -- and it helps them make up their own mind about whether they did the best they could. There was an overwhelming sense, even among most of the Republicans, that David Koresh was evil. The hearings established in the minds of many people that the agents...
...WACO HEARINGS...
House hearings into the 1993 federal assault against the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, produced partisan sparks and riveting, emotional testimony. Republicans accused federal agents of having bungled the operation. Under harsh questioning, former Treasury Secretary Lloyd Bentsen said he had no advance knowledge of the raid and played no role in the decision to use tear gas to end the standoff. Democrats accused Republicans of having let the National Rifle Association influence key aspects of the committee investigation. Dramatic testimony also came from a teenager who described how sect leader David Koresh sexually molested her when...
...White House pulled no punches today in putting Rep. Bill Zeliff (R-N.H), co-chairman of the House committee investigatingthe Waco tragedy, in his place for comments he made Sunday during an appearance on NBC's "Meet The Press." Appearing on the show, Zeliff said: "I don't believe (Attorney General) Janet Reno, who had less than two weeks on the job, made this decision all by herself." Zeliff didn't stop there: "We had a tank that went through that front door, went into that area where women and children were there (and) we killed over 80 people...
...Waco hearings, said Iowa Republican Jim Lightfoot, have amounted to "a media circus for a few people to drive a political agenda and for some new members of Congress to gain a degree of notoriety at the expense of a lot of others...