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FBI revelations inspire skeptics
By Maro Robbins
Express-News Staff Writer
They said it for years: Don't trust federal government; look at what
happened the to Branch Davidians. And now, perhaps, the nation seems ready
to listen.
Headlines are shouting questions about the 1993 Waco standoff that killed
four federal agents and about 80 sect members. Officials admit to using
unauthorized ammunition on the siege's last day and, among other snafus,
misplacing a telling document. A federal prosecutor suggests a cover-up, and
two investigations are under way.
But old doubts die hard among militia members, conspiracy theorists and
other skeptics. Among the incredulous, the possibility of renewed scrutiny
yielding long-awaited vindication inspires hope, satisfaction and mostly,
suspicion.
"Cover-up No. 2," said Alan Bacon, once a member of the Bexar County
Volunteer Militia.
He adds: "All I get the sense of is: Here we go again. They didn't tell us
then. They're not telling us now."
Bacon said a 1995 congressional investigation into possible wrongdoing at
Waco left too many questions unanswered. This time, while some expect the
renewed allegations to pump new blood into militias, others like Bacon, a
former defense-industry employee who saw work dwindle after the Cold War
thawed, doubt the inquiries will have much effect.
Some theories are posted on Web sites under pseudonyms, sometimes as terse
as their proclamations. Among comments, one message proposes that the Waco
revelations amount to a carefully laid bait.
"I suspect this to be the exact strategy to bring the militia out of the
woodwork," said the message, signed J{gt}H{gt} Johnson.
After recommending members choose silent hiding over hollering "I told you
so," his communication advises, "If they can't see you, they can't blame
you."
Militia members still chafe over depictions in mainstream media as paranoid
warmongers, said Don Loucks of Bastrop, a former adviser to but not a
member of the Texas Constitutional Militia and a columnist for the online
news site allsouthwest.com.
"The people actually involved in the self-defense movements have wised up.
They don't want the exposure," Loucks said. "They know what happens if they
proclaim themselves. They'll be targeted."
But those who monitor computer communications among militias and
sympathizers say the attention on the Branch Davidian siege has excited new
activity in a dormant, if not dying, community.
Chip Berlet, a senior analyst with a nonprofit group that tracks and opposes
right-wing political organizations, said the militias flared after
government standoffs at Waco and Ruby Ridge the prior year, when a federal
marshal, alleged white supremacist Randy Weaver, and his wife and teen-age
son were shot.
Sunday, Sep 19, 1999
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