+gt;From: crphilli@hound.dazixca.ingr.com (Ron Phillips) Subject: WACO questions Date: Thu

>From: crphilli@hound.dazixca.ingr.com (Ron Phillips)
Subject: WACO questions 
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1993 15:28:17 GMT

Folks,
It's time to start building some precise questions to send to our
federal elected officials and to investigative reporters in our
local TV, radio and newprint media.  Ideally, these questions could be
asked at any investigation into the BATF's and FBI's participation
at the WACO fiasco in hopes of being resolved and, hopefully, wake
up the local news media that they are not getting the entire truth
from the BATF and FBI.  My list is up to 8 that are really nagging 
at my gut.  The list will probably grow. 
1. What were the contents of the original warrant, now sealed, that
   the BATF obtained?
2. Prior to the initial assault on the complex, did a single BATF
   agent and accompanying witness (without a contingent of assault
   and news media personnel) attempt to knock on the door of the
   Branch Davidian's complex and serve the warrant in a manner
   prescribed by law?
3. The FBI spokesman states that paper evidence indicates that
   David Koresh and members of the Branch Davidians possessed over
   $200,000 in firearms and ammunition.  Did David Koresh and the
   members of the Branch Davidians have a valid Federal Firearms
   License, were they actively participating in the legal business
   of selling/buying firearms and ammunition, and were any of the
   weapons they had illegally possessed?
4. After the original assault on the compound tragically failed,
   a BATF spokeswoman stated "We were outgunned!".  Yet, TV newscasts
   of video tape filmed at the time of the incident show BATF agents
   armed with MP-5 and AR-15/M16 rifles.  Although unclear on the
   video tape because of obstruction from full view by agent's
   bodies, they also may have had AK-47 and SKS rifles.  What type(s)
   of firearms did the BATF agents have?
5. Agents at the scene claim to have seen members of the Branch
   Davidians setting fire to the complex.  Branch Davidian members
   claim the fire was started when an armored vehicle punched through
   the wall and knocked over a lantern which was setting on a table.
   Video tape of the incident does show an armored vehicle punching
   a hole in the wall and the fire erupted almost immediately from
   the same general location.  Was the source of the fire the same
   room where the armored vehicle penetrated?
6. FBI Director Sessions stated that the massive fireball shown on
   the video tape was caused by the Branch Davidian's ammunition
   and/or powder cache exploding.  Yet, the fireball seems to be
   more characteristic of the type created when compressed gas
   and/or fuel explodes.  Was any evidence found which would indicate
   the Branch Davidians had an ammunition and/or powder cache?  If so,
   and if David Koresh and members of the Branch Davidians were 
   engaged in the legal business of selling/buying firearms, was the
   amount determined to be excessively greater than one would expect
   for someone engaged in such a business?
7. It is rumored that one FBI agent was extremely upset about critical
   news media coverage and intentionally used an armored vehicle to
   crush a reporters car which had been left at the compound.  Is 
   there any factual basis rumor and, if so, what charges will be
   brought against the FBI agent who performed the act?
8. FBI Director Sessions states that, during the final assault on the
   complex, "over 80 shots were fired at the vehicles."  On the video
   tape of the incident, you can hear the drone of the armored vehicles
   engines.  Yet, there is no sound of the sharp reports that should
   be heard if shots were fired.  Also, there are no indications of
   smoke and/or muzzle flashes which should be evident if the Branch
   Davidians had fired on the armored vehicles.  Finally, the video
   tape does not show any indication of paint splatter, sparks or
   other characteristic spray of material which would be evident if
   the Branch Davidians had fired upon the vehicles.  Do any of the
   armored vehicles which were brought in to pump tear gas into the
   compound show evidence of fresh damage from being hit by gun shot?
9. On April 21, FBI spokesmen state that at least 3 bodies discovered
   in the complex had bullet wounds to the head indicating they had
   been murdered or had committed suicide.  On April 22, the county
   coroner claims he knows nothing about any bodies found with bullet
   wounds to the head.  Were any of the victims bodies found within
   the burned out complex have bullet wounds to the head?
 
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