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XXX DRUDGE REPORT XXX TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 1999 17:04:22 ET XXX
GOVERNMENT INFORMANT IN WACO CASE PROMISED PROTECTION; SAYS FEDS
THREATENED HIM, SON
**World Exclusive**
**Must Credit DRUDGE REPORT**
A former CIA agent who claims knowledge of a Delta Force
shoot-out at Waco has been promised protection by investigators
for a Senate committee after threats were made on the former
agent and his son by federal law enforcement officers.
The intimidation of the witness occurred last week when FBI
agents warned the witness -- face to face -- that he was in
violation of his CIA confidentiality oath and could be charged
with "risking national security."
According to congressional sources, investigators for Sen. Chuck
Grassley, R-Iowa, who heads a Senate Judiciary subcommittee with
FBI oversight, have promised protection to former CIA agent Gene
Cullen -- if his bona fides check out.
[A spokeswoman for Grassley says a vote by the full committee
would be required to grant immunity; the process of checking
Cullen's story is in the early stages.]
Questions have been raised throughout official Washington about
the nature of the threats made against the whistleblower and if
FBI Director Louis Freeh was directly aware of the intimidation.
"I don't know how Waco, Texas could possibly be a threat to
'national security,'" one alarmed congressional chairman told the
DRUDGE REPORT.
"Cullen was 'politely' reminded that he signed confidentiality
papers when he was hired at the CIA," says one source.
Cullen has told investigators that he was visited by agents after
he granted an interview to the DALLAS MORNING NEWS two weeks ago.
Cullen told the paper that he learned from Delta Force commandos
that up to 10 members of the secret Army unit were "present, up
front and close" in helping the FBI in the final assault on the
Branch Davidian compound.
But the DRUDGE REPORT has learned that Cullen did not tell the
paper everything he knew.
In the interview with the NEWS, Cullen stopped short of stating
that Delta Force members admitted to him that they were involved
in combat at Waco
--
information Cullen plans to reveal under oath before Congress!
This much is now known:
Cullen was served a subpoena by congressional investigators last
week.
Cullen has moved to a secret location and could not be reached
for comment.
Cullen has given an interview for the new film, WACO: A NEW
REVELATION.
On camera, the former CIA agent states: Delta Force members said
they participated in a shoot-out during the final assault on the
Branch Davidian compound in Waco.
FILED BY MATT DRUDGE
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XXX DRUDGE REPORT XXX MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 06, 1999 21:30:00 ET XXX
GOVERNMENT INFORMANT: DELTA FORCE INVOLVED IN WACO SHOOT-OUT
**World Exclusive**
**Must Credit DRUDGE REPORT**
WASHINGTON -- A former government officer has told investigators
that members of the secret Army unit Delta Force said they
participated in a shoot-out during the final assault on the
Branch Davidian compound in Waco, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
The witness, according to congressional sources, has already
named names
-- and will soon offer his account under oath!
The development caused panic and confusion at the top levels of
the Justice Department and the FBI over the holiday weekend,
leaving one top official scrambling for details.
FBI Director Freeh has demanded a full briefing, one agency
source divulged late Monday.
Developing...
Meanwhile, congressional investigators are growing convinced that
infrared film taken by an FBI surveillance aircraft at 9,000 feet
on the final day of the Waco standoff does appear to show U.S.
armed forces firing into the church compound.
"We are looking at the footage frame-by-frame... most of us have
grown convinced that it does show snipers unloading from the rear
of a tank," an investigator for the House Government Reform
Committee told the DRUDGE REPORT.
Former FBI agent Richard Schwein, a supervisor at Waco, said
charges of government gunfire were "absolutely false."
"False, absolutely false," he said on FOX NEWS SUNDAY. "No FBI
agent fired any rounds from their weapons at Waco. There were no
Delta Forces or special operations soldiers in an operational
capacity at Waco.
"And everyone on our side, and the FBI's side, were in armored
vehicles,
so I don't know how you'd have films of anybody firing into the
back of the building. No one was on foot, because we had no body
armor that would stop the rounds they were firing."
WAIVER WONDER
Use of active military personnel against civilians without
presidential decree is a violation of federal law.
Late last month White House spokesman Joe Lockhart first told
reporters that he had no information on the waiver issue.
[August 26, 1999; Thursday]
Q Joe, why was the Army's Delta Force present on the scene the
day that Waco burned?
MR. LOCKHART: I would refer you to the Justice Department. I
don't have information on the Delta Force one way or the other.
Q The reason I asked is because since the law prohibits the
military being used against civilians, I wondered whether the
White House either, A, requested it or, B, President Clinton
signed a waiver for it.
MR. LOCKHART: I don't have any information on that. Again, I'd
refer you to Justice. I don't have any independent information on
their role, if any.
The next day, when asked again about any possible waiver,
Lockhart offered more details.
[August 27, 1999; Friday]
Q What did the White House know about the potential operational
involvement of Delta Force in the Waco siege?
MR. LOCKHART: I think that's an issue that was dealt with at the
time. And as we said yesterday, the president was not asked to
sign a waiver, nor were we aware of any activity that would have
required a waiver.
But, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned, Lockhart may still not have
the full story.
One witness has told congressional investigators that in April of
1993, in response to a press inquiry, a White House spokesman
stated privately that a "waiver is on the president's desk" that
would have authorized military intervention.
A development that will cause battle during fresh rounds of
congressional hearings.
FILED BY MATT DRUDGE
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