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macist accun iC0 an( J believes it is time for the
ord 0. Furrov orru 'y general to step down,
anted to send Senate Majority Leader Ttent
ill Jews ’S' sa *d new revelations that the
mt fear to cT vernment withheld evidence
out its use of force in the raid add
)lence will e, a “P a ttern” of refusing to coop-
ier and celeb :ite w ‘ t ^ congressional requests,
attended Fr c “AH of that leads me to conclude
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Synagogue ['■ ^ ^ rec ^ hicendiary devices at the
tacks will WfHan compound has left him
onallv recur doubts about who started the
e that ended the siege and killed
, staiut he, ) members of the sect,
to will die ’ rr ^ le government continues to
f how we a * n,a ‘ n Hie fire was started by sect
embers and not federal agents.
“There are doubts because ques-
""■"'“■■"■■"■ons have been raised,” Lott told
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Reno, nonetheless, moved for-
ard with her plans to launch an
idependent inquiry headed by
anforth, who left the Senate in
994 and is respected by members
f both parties.
Reno selected Danforth, who
as a background in law enforce-
lent as a former attorney general
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Rangers find flares in ruins
DALLAS (AP) — Texas Rangers
searching tons of evidence recov
ered from the charred rubble of
the Branch Davidian compound
near Waco found several spent il
lumination flares. The Dallas
Morning News reported yesterday.
The newspaper said the
Rangers discovered a star para
chute flare while sifting through a
storage center Friday for missing
pyrotechnic tear gas grenades.
Evidence logs showed more in
cendiary flares were recovered 'in
the weeks following the FBI siege
and assault on April 19, 1993,
James B. Francis Jr., head of the
Texas Department of Public Safe
ty told the newspaper.
“These flares are potentially a
very important issue, inasmuch as
the government had enormous
spotlights trained on the com
pound throughout the standoff,”
Francis said. “They didn’t need
these flares to light the compound.
One or more was fired. For what
purpose or reason would these
rounds be used?”
John Collingwood, an FBI
spokesperson, told The Morning
News he could not flatly rule out
the agency’s use of illumination
rounds during the deadly siege
but said they played no part in
the final assault.
“Several times during the
standoff, they had people sneak
ing in or out of the compound at
night. Whether they ever used
them then, I don’t know,” said
Collingwood. “But I can say cat
egorically, we did not use illumi
nation rounds on the 19th.”
David Koresh and about 80 fol
lowers died in the fire and assault
at the compound following the 51-
day siege. The government has
maintained the Branch Davidians
deliberately set the fires.
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ficial said Reno would announce
the appointment at her weekly
news conference today.
As Republicans continued their
assault, the attorney general re
ceived a strong endorsement from
Senate Democratic Leader Tom
Dashcle. He said Reno “deserves
commendation rather than criti
cism,” and that “under no circum-.
stances” should she resign.
Danforth did not return a call to
his office in St. Louis seeking com
ment.
His independent probe could
clash with multiple hearings that
Republicans on Capitol Hill were
preparing even before Congress re
turned yesterday from its August re
cess. One lawmaker deferred to
Danforth, however.
House Judiciary Committee
Chairman Henry Hyde said yester
day he would withhold his planned
legislation to establish a five-mem
ber commission to first see if Dan
forth gets the full cooperation of the
Justice Department.
“Should events prove otherwise,
we will reconsider this decision,”
Hyde, R-Ill., said. Meanwhile,
Hyde’s panel will examine the
agency’s structure during hearings
as soon as this fall on Justice De
partment programs, according to a
GOP official close to the panel.
House Government Reform and
Oversight Committee Chairman
Dan Burton, R-Ind., has issued sub
poenas in his own re-examination
of the tragedy. Senate Judiciary
Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch,
R-Utah, also plans hearings.
While senators of both parties
expressed their respect for Dan-
forth’s integrity, some warned that
the multiple committee probes
could hamper his inquiry.
“They’d begin to get in the way
of Sen. Danforth unless they fed
into” that inquiry. Sen. Bob Kerrey,
D-Neb., said.
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