-Caveat Lector- In a message dated 11/19/99 4:12:46 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carolyn Hart) > >Source: The Village Voice > Published: Nov. 10th, 1999 > Posted on 11/12/1999 10:02:43 PST by gaijin > >Film for Thought Military Action at Waco? > >Mike McNulty's new, expanded version of his original documentary (Waco: >The Rules of >Engagement), entitled Waco: A New Revelation and previewed last week in >Washington, offers a >fresh, intriguing look at Waco, making a convincing case that military >personnel actually participated >in the final assault. In a riveting two hours of documentary footage, >taken largely from the >government's own archives, the filmmakers make a strong case that the >government=97far from >practicing defensive measures to protect unarmed women and >children=97mounted an attack using >military operators to squash the Davidians. Footage of helicopter >machine guns spitting fire into the >compound, and sniper pits with empty shell casings in the dirt below gun >ports, belie any government >claims of defensive fire. > >The filmmaker raises the possibility that FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi, the >man who killed Randy >Weaver's wife, Vicky, in 1992 (and was accused of negligence in the >killing, but later exonerated), >was with the Blue sniper squad at Waco. This ought to be grist for >former senator John Danforth's >inquiry. The documentary presents experts who suggest the government may >have placed a >special charge atop a bunker to kill the women and children gathered for >protection within. >The filmmakers additionally suggest the fires set in the compound drove >women and kids to an >exit where they were gunned down like sitting ducks by Feds. > >The most powerful sequence shows a tank rolling up to the compound and >suddenly disgorging >two figures from its underbelly. The figures deploy to the right of the >tank and you see >quick muzzle flashes as they apparently shoot into the compound. It was >producer Mike >McNulty who first brought to light the presence of the Delta Force unit >at the Waco compound. The >film argues military operators were in the attacking tanks, and the >attack described above certainly >has the earmarks of a military assault with professional >soldiers=97certainly not the half-assed, crazy >shooting of the ATF agents with which the film begins. > >If the military actually ran ground operations at Waco, they did so on >command of the Joint Chiefs, >who, in turn, were working on orders from=97or at least in concert >with=97the White House. At the >screening, the filmmakers passed out declassified Pentagon papers from >the Joint Chiefs ordering >military units to Waco to "provide the FBI with the requested equipment >and two technical >operators. The equipment will be used for defensive purposes only (to >protect the lives of law >enforcement personnel)." The first person who ought to be questioned >about this is the then chairman >of the Joint Chiefs, Colin Powell. > >Another major narrative voice in the film belongs to a former CIA >official=97and the CIA, as >reported here last week, apparently was to some extent involved. It is >normally illegal for either the >military or the CIA to actively participate in domestic civilian >affairs. The filmmakers hope to have >the first public screening at the Sundance festival early next year; it >ought to air on national TV. >Politicians and entertainment industry moguls who babble on about >violence should see the real stuff. >This documentary footage, obtained in part from the government, shows a >man sifting through the >Waco rubble, pulling the burned and mangled body of a child from the >debris. As he lifts >the body, an arm falls off, the spine crumbles. The searcher frantically >tries to find some >place to put the little body down before it disintegrates. > >The filmmakers try to trace the government's decisions on Waco back to >Vince Foster, deputy >counsel at the White House, who, according to his wife, felt so guilty >about killing kids he turned a >gun on himself. From Foster they move to Hillary, who, they suggest, may >have disappeared key >papers in the case and herself been the person to issue the orders. The >evidence here is pretty thin. > >If Danforth and Congress are in any way serious about getting to the >bottom of the Waco scandal, >they'll have to discipline Pentagon brass, including the nearly >sanctified Powell. Everyone in >Washington knows that will never happen. > >http://www.FreeRepublic.com/forum/a382c56433c8a.htm > >> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! 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