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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 20:03:00 PDT
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From: JOHN GINNANE Refer:
Subject: NEW WACO INFO - 1 325: f-Politics
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Justice Department Announces Independent Waco Reviewer
To: National Desk
Contact: Carl Stern of the U.S. Department of Justice, 202-514-2007
WASHINGTON, June 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Deputy Attorney General
Philip B. Heymann today named Edward S.G. Dennis Jr., former assistant
attorney for the Criminal Division, to review the performance of the
Department of Justice in the Branch Davidian tragedy in Waco, Texas.
Dennis, a partner in the Philadelphia law firm of Morgan, Lewis &
Bockius, held his Justice Department post from 1988 to 1990, and
served previously as U.S. Attorney in Philadelphia.
In appointing Dennis to review the Justice Department's activities
in Waco, Heymann asked for "a searching review."
"The basic fact-finding is now well underway," Heymann said. "Mr.
Dennis will help us conduct the next stage of the inquiry. I want to
know of anything that he believes went wrong at Waco.
"Mr. Dennis will review the strategies and analyze whether the
decisions were reasonable in light of the information available at the
time, and whether department personnel had sufficient information and
resources," said Heymann. "He will also evaluate how information was
shared and transmitted."
Dennis will have access to all Justice Department data and may
conduct additional, independent inquiries, as he deems useful. The
Justice Department review by Dennis is expected to be completed by
September.
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/U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
From: JOHN GINNANE Refer:
Subject: NEW WACO INFO - 2 325: f-Politics
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Justice and Treasury Departments Announce Experts in Waco Review
To: National Desk
Contact: Carl Stern of the U.S. Department of Justice, 202-514-2007,
or Peter O'Brien, of the Department of the Treasury, 202-622-2960
WASHINGTON, June 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Deputy Attorney General
Philip B. Heymann and Ronald K. Noble, assistant secretary for
Enforcement of the Department of the Treasury today named 10 jointly
selected experts to provide both departments with recommendations on
how best to address Waco-type situations in the future.
Said Heymann, "We must ensure that we have the capability to deal
successfully with barricaded suspects who hold hostages, and that
includes strategies to negotiate with suspects who believe that they
are not accountable to civil authorities."
Secretary Noble said, "We are seeking broad-based advice from
representatives of various disciplines: law enforcement, religion,
psychiatry, psychology and management."
The experts are:
-- Dr. Nancy Ammerman, associate professor of sociology and
religion, Candler School of Theology, and adjunct professor of
sociology, Emory University.
-- Colin Birt, head of Contingency Planning Section, F4 Division,
Home Office, Great Britain (expert on responding to hostage-taking and
terrorist incidents).
-- Dr. Robert Cancro, professor and chairman, Department of
Psychiatry, New York University Medical Center.
-- Richard J. Davis, attorney, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, former
assistant secretary (Enforcement), Department of the Treasury.
-- Robert J. Louden, associate director of the John Jay College of
Criminal Justice.
-- Ronald M. McCarthy, former manager of the Center for Police
Studies, International Association of Chiefs of Police, and former
assistant commander and senior supervisor, Los Angeles Police
Department Special Weapons and Tactics Unit.
-- Dr. Ariel Merari, Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University
(expert on terrorism and low-intensity warfare).
-- Dr. Alan A. Stone, professor of law and psychiatry, Harvard
University.
-- Dr. Lawrence Sullivan, director, Center for the Study of World
Religions, Harvard University.
-- William H. Webster, attorney, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley McCloy,
former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and former
director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
The experts will examine three categories of concern:
-- Louden, McCarthy and Dr. Merari will consider what methods
should be used to deal with suspects who have barricaded themselves
inside a structure with innocent persons, including potential
hostages, under their control. Do law enforcement agencies have
adequate technology and training to handle such situations with a
minimum use of lethal force?
-- Drs. Ammerman, Cancro, Stone and Sullivan will explore how law
enforcement agencies should deal with persons or groups whose thought
processes or motivations are unconventional. What assistance can be
provided by experts in such fields as psychiatry, psychology,
sociology and theology?
-- Birt, Davis, and Webster will provide advice on coordinating law
enforcement efforts in barricade situations. What decision making
should be left to the field? How wide should the circle of
decision-making be?
A Treasury Department briefing on events through Feb. 28 will be
presented to the experts on July 1. The experts will also receive the
result of FBI fact-finding and interviews, which began shortly after
the conclusion of the Waco operation. FBI data includes a
chronological account of every significant event involving Justice
Department personnel beginning on Feb. 28 and terminating with the
destruction of the Branch Davidian compound on April 19.
Each expert will develop individual conclusions for both Heymann
and Noble. Each department will issue a final report.
-0- /U.S. Newswire 202-347-2770/
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