Word: waco
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...other words, there was no problem. But the slovenly Clinton people, spooked by the hue and cry from those who only saw wealthy women with nannies, threw Wood overboard anyway. And brought in the exemplary Janet Reno, over whom the liberal orthodoxy gushed and gushed, even after Waco burned down...
...death suit against the government that kicked off in court Tuesday, doesn't have any conspiracy theories. He isn't going to put the system on trial. He just wants to prove that the U.S. government - specifically, the two FBI field generals that led the 1993 raid on the Waco compound - made "bad decisions," and that people died from them. Here's a rundown on the showdown...
...holds little promise for anyone. Caddell's scaled-down case has already irked the militia types - in conspiracy theory, there are no mistakes - and a guilty verdict will only whet their appetites further. Exoneration would do little to repair the Justice Department's damaged reputation. Afterward, the town of Waco will still be infamous, and wishing the Branch Davidians had picked someplace in Montana to make their stand. And no matter how hard Caddell and the Davidians try to turn a tragedy into a crime, the dead will still be dead, and men like David Koresh will still be just...
...year ago in Austin, Texas, then set it aside for the primaries. The topic popped up again during his Sunday phone conferences with Condoleezza Rice and other aides. On May 2, Bush summoned Rice, defense expert Paul Wolfowitz and campaign-policy director Josh Bolton to his new ranch outside Waco to nail down a proposal to announce in time to color this week's U.S.-Russia summit. (Before getting to business, Bush insisted on grabbing a pickup truck and taking the three on an off-road tour of his property...
...effect on the public consciousness. Yet the idea of public death is also selective. Which events are chosen for memorialization, and which are not? A memorial is the result of the importance the public ascribes to the death. No one thought to create a monument to the victims at Waco because people did not wish to identify with them. Class and race get involved too. There was no move to build a memorial to the 87 Hispanic victims of the Happy Land social club fire in the Bronx in 1990. For a memorial to be built, there must...