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Prosecutors contended McVeigh was driven to bomb the Oklahoma City federal building by anger over the deadly fire at the Branch Davidian com pound. McVeigh’s attorneys have ended up supporting that scenario in their attempt to spare him the death penalty. Journalist James Pate ana lyzed McVeigh’s writings and found them full of the usual mili tia buzzwords, patriotic pas sages and references to the gov ernment sieges at Waco and Ruby Ridge, Idaho. “It contains a very broad range that touches on every as pect of the movement,†said Pate, who has written exten sively about militia culture. Pate said McVeigh’s reference to “power hungry storm troop ers†was a phrase in the militia Companies to limit sale of private information WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight large database companies have agreed to limit information on pri vate individuals they make avail able to clients. The agreement, announced to day at a Federal Trade Commission hearing, addresses concern by pri vacy advocates that companies of fering computerized information are compromising the privacy rights of individuals. The eight companies agreed to release private information only to what they call qualified sub scribers who promise to use it ap propriately. The agreement leaves it up to the services to explain which uses are appropriate and which subscribers can get the in formation. The information is typically from private marketing databases and often includes buying prefer ences, household income and oth er data that critics say allows cre ation of a dossier on ordinary private citizens. The companies will continue to provide through computer connec tions such information as tele phone numbers of people, their current and previous addresses and ages. Some companies also provide Social Security numbers and infor mation from public documents such as vehicle registration and property deeds. The companies that signed the agreement are Lexis-Nexis, Exper- ian, Choice-Point, Database Tech nologies Inc., Metromail Corp., In formation America, First Data InfoSource/Donnelley Marketing and IRSC Inc. movement referring to “conduct in specific incidents where at least the perception is ... there has been excessive force, abu sive force.†About 80 people died in the fire that destroyed the Branch Da vidian compound near Waco on April 19, 1993, exactly two years before the Alfred E Murrah Feder al Building blast killed 168 people. Pate acknowledged under cross-examination that not even Soldier of Fortune advocated vi olence to answer concerns about government abuses. He also noted some in the militia movement have overstated gov ernment wrongdoing at Waco — with a few criticisms turning out to be untrue. As Pate faced the barrage of questions from prosecutor Patrick Ryan, McVeigh leaned back in his chair and watched with a slight half-grin. Jurors, who must decide whether to sentence McVeigh to death by injection or life be hind bars, appeared bored and distracted with much of Pate’s testimony, often squirming in chairs and looking at the court room clock. ■/ , Cutting Edge Photograph: Robert McKay? John Egelston, a junior aerospace engineer ing major, saws wood for a wardrobe. i Davidian case judge gets OK NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Branch Davidian law suit that blames the government for the fiery end of the 1993 Texas standoff still has the same judge, despite the militant sect’s complaint that the jurist is biased. The Davidians’ lawyers on Tuesday issued a state ment Tuesday saying they will seek a rehearing by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals or appeal its decision to the Supreme Court. Judge Walter Smith in 1994 sentenced eight Branch Davidians to prison for various charges, including weapons violations and voluntary manslaughter. “A fair trial means an impartial judge, but Judge Smith is already convinced that the Branch Davidians ambushed the (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) agents and started the fire,†Mike Caddell, the Branch Davidians’ lead counsel, said Tuesday. “What makes this particularly unfair is that under federal law, Judge Smith is the sole juror and trier of fact for the Da vidians’ claims against the United States.†In April, the 5th Circuit court was asked to force Smith to step down on grounds he was biased because he ruled against Davidians in previous trials. A spokeswoman for Smith in Waco on Tuesday declined to respond to the appellate ruling. Thf one-sentence order had been issued without com* ment Monday. The Davidians’ multimillion-dollar lawsuit has been on hold since early May when the appeals court took the question of the judge’s qualifications under consideration. The plaintiffs — about 200 surviving Davidians and , the relatives of the dead — are challenging the governf j ment’s conclusion that the Davidians started thefirJo and that they also shot first during the federal raid on ' their compound. They contend that when federal agents punched through the walls and fired tear gas into the cult com pound April 19,1993, the canisters ignited, burning the building and the people inside. Surviving Davidians and relatives filed nine lawsuits that were consolidated into one case in 1995. Last year,' against the plaintiffs’ wishes, the case was moved from Houston to U.S. District Court in Waco. Defendants include Attorney General Janet Reno and top officials of the ATE and the FBI, includingthen- Director William Sessions. 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