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:ed yesterday ‘ n | John Danforth the job of heading an in-
iling to preiin tpendent inquiry into the government’s use
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auto-bicule r dfY the Justice Department was in final ne-
werefourfata hiitions over the details of the independent
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cent of thefai^B an ^ ort h> 63, would bring solid Republi-
tween7nr ln credentials as well as a background in
25where cV w enforcement. Before entering the U.S.
?nate, he served as attorney general in Mis-
auri for eight years. He retired from the U.S.
?nate in January.
He is an Episcopal priest, and both admir-
rs and detractors have noted his emphasis on
torals as well as his stubborn independence.
^Bnal touches were being put on the scope
nd nature of the investigation, said the
aurces, who include Republicans on Capitol
lill who had discussions yesterday with Jus-
cef Department officials.
Reno’s decision comes as congressional Re-
ublicans have increased pressure on her and
n FBI Director Louis Freeh to explain how ev
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idence, including a videotape, about the siege
was withheld from the public for years.
The GOP wants to know whether the FBI
lied about the use of incendiary tear gas can
isters during the final raid on the compound.
More than 80 sect members died, some of
them children.
“[Danforth] calls them like
he sees them. Members of
the Senate or House will
have full faith in his findings”
— U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton
D - Miss.
No evidence has been uncovered by any
of the committees probing the raid that the
government was responsible for starting the
fire, according to several aides familiar with
the investigations.
Several GOP-led committees in Congress
have begun re-investigating the Waco matter.
At issue are recent revelations by the FBI
that it fired several flammable tear gas canis
ters at a storm shelter hours before the main
Branch Davidian building went up in flames.
The FBI and the Justice Department had pre
viously denied use of any incendiary devices,
and investigations will focus on whether this
misinformation was the result of a bureau
cratic slip-up or a coverup.
The Justice Department has insisted there
is no change in conclusions that it was David
Koresh and his followers who started the fa
tal fire. The department also stresses that
military special operations officers were on
the scene only as observers and advisers and
not in any illegal capacity as participants in
the operation.
Republicans have used the revelations to at
tack the credibility of Reno and the Justice De
partment. The White House has stood behind
Reno, but President Clinton has declined to
give a similar vote of confidence to Freeh.
Democrats on Capitol Hill have asked the
GOP to let the independent investigation
sought by Reno occur before any congres
sional hearings
Those who know Danforth said he would
bring instant credibility to the investigation.
“He calls them like he sees them,” former
Sen. Thomas Eagleton, a Missouri Democrat
who served 10 years with Danforth, said.
“Members of the Senate or House will have
full faith in his finding.”
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Troopers indicted in shooting
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Two
tate troopers were indicted on at-
empted murder charges yesterday
or shooting three minority men on
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i series of cases that have stirred a
nationwide debate over racial pro
ving by police.
John Hogan, 29, and James
<enna, 28, could get up to 30
/ears in prison if convicted on the
state charges.
The troopers are accused of fir
ing 11 shots into a van containing
bur young men on their way to a
lasketball tryout in North Carolina
1998. Two African-American
men and a Hispanic man were
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the troopers and the state.
Hogan and Kenna said they
stopped the van because the driver
was speeding and opened fire be
cause it appeared the van was
backing up to them.
The shooting triggered protests
and internal investigations that em
broiled the New Jersey State Police
in the controversy over racial pro
filing, or the practice of stopping
motorists on the basis of race.
Earlier this year. Gov. Christie
Whitman fired the State Police su
perintendent after he said minorities
were responsible for most of the
state’s cocaine and marijuana traffic.
In June, President Clinton issued
an executive order calling on feder
al law enforcement agencies to col
lect race and gender data in all stops
and arrests.
Police in several places, includ
ing North Carolina, Houston, San
Diego and San Jose, Calif., have tak
en similar measures.
In April, Hogan and Kenna were
indicted on charges of falsifying
traffic-stop reports to conceal the
fact they were stopping a lot of
African-American drivers.
The following day, the attorney
general’s office issued a report con
firming that traffic stop-and-search
patterns provided evidence of
racially discriminatory practices by
the State Police.
Eighth grader
uses stun gun
on classmate
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) —
An eighth grade boy shoved an
electric stun gun into a class
mate’s chest and triggered it on
yesterday, then ran away, au
thorities said.
A counselor at Hoover Mid
dle School apprehended the 14-
year-old suspect after witnesses
and the 11-year-old victim iden
tified him.
The boy suffered two welts
on the chest. He was treated by
paramedics and sent home.
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