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>From www.house.gov/barr/p_082799.html
> August 27, 1999
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> ------- BARR GRILLS CLINTON ON MILITARY INVOLVEMENT AT WACO
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>
> WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Bob Barr (GA-7) today posed
> a series of questions to President Clinton regarding military
> involvement during a 1993 attack in Waco, Texas that left over 80
> Americans dead. The text of Barr's letter follows:
>
> "I am disturbed to learn your Department of Justice has
> apparently spent the past six years lying to Congress and the
> American people about whether incendiary devices were used in the
> Waco attack. However, this issue pales in comparison to emerging
> evidence indicating the Administration may also have lied about
> the involvement of military special operations forces in the
> assault on April 19, 1993.
>
> "The Texas Department of Public Safety, and a former C.I.A.
> official have indicated military forces were deployed as forward
> elements of the assault. Additionally, there is further
> evidence, such as videotapes and Defense Department documents,
> that corroborate this evidence.
>
> "As you know, using military forces for domestic law enforcement
> is expressly illegal under U.S. posse comitatus law. For this
> reason, I urge you to reveal all the facts regarding military
> involvement at Waco immediately, so those responsible for any
> legal violations can be swiftly disciplined and prosecuted. To
> that end, I ask that you provide answers to the following
> questions immediately:
>
> 1) Were any active duty or reserve armed forces personnel
> present at, or in any other manner connected with, the planning,
> execution or review of the Waco assault? 2) If such
> personnel were so utilized, how many soldiers were used, what
> units were they drawn from, and what was their precise role in
> the assault? 3) If military personnel were so utilized,
> did they discharge any weapons or explosive devices, or assist
> law enforcement personnel in doing so? 4) In addition to
> personnel, what equipment and ordnance did the military utilize
> or make available during the siege and assault? 5) If
> military personnel were so utilized, who issued the orders
> allowing their involvement and did those orders provide for
> explicit rules of engagement? 6) As a matter of policy,
> who in your administration had the authority on April 19, 1993 to
> order military involvement in domestic law enforcement?
> 7) Given reports that military operations against the Branch
> Davidians were predicated at least in part on allegations of U.S.
> drug law violations, which might provide the only legal basis on
> which military equipment -- not personnel -- could be used in
> Waco, why was there no hard evidence before, during, or after the
> assault of drugs, drug paraphernalia, and any other violations of
> U.S. drug law? "One of the bedrock principles of our republic
> is a firm and inviolable separation between the military, and
> domestic politics and law enforcement. From the beginnings of
> civilization, history is littered with the wreckage of nations
> who failed to maintain this distinction. In the wake of these
> revelations, you have a responsibility to take every step in your
> power to ensure Congress and a concerned public the firewall
> between the military and domestic law enforcement is intact. If
> it is not intact, it is imperative we take steps to rebuild it."
>
> Barr, a former federal prosecutor, serves on the House Judiciary
> and Government Reform Committees, and served on the 1995 panel
> that investigated the Waco incident.
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