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for those interested in responding to the following, the address is:
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Letters to the Editor
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The Washington Times
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3600 New York Ave., N.E.
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Washington D.C. 20002
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The Washington Times
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October 9, 1993
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page A9
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FBI still probing video of tank at Waco
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By Jerry Seper
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A Justice Department official who helped write a report on the
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role of the department and the FBI in the Branch Davidian raid
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says a video purporting to show a tank shooting flames into the
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compound is under review.
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Richard Scruggs, an assistant to Attorney General Janet Reno,
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said the video by Indianapolis lawyer Linda Thompson
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"raised our eyebrows and caused the same concern" others have
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expressed.
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Distributed to news organizations around the country, the video
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purports to show one of the FBI tanks at the Waco compound firing
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flames into the building before the start of the fire.
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Miss Thompson has claimed it proves the FBI started the blaze
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that killed 85 persons, including 24 children.
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Mr. Scruggs said that Justice officials submitted the video to
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the University of Maryland for expert analysis and that
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preliminary results have not been conclusive.
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He said that the armored vehicle used by federal authorities,
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on loan from the military, was not equipped with any type of
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flame-throwing capability and that the only way a flame could
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have come from it would have been through some type of "busted
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hydraulic line or something like that."
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He said Justice officials had examined the vehicle and found no
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evidence of broken parts. Another analysis of the tape has been
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ordered, he said.
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Mr. Scruggs noted that a preliminary assessment of the video is
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that what appears to be a flame shooting out of the vehicle was a
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flash from the dispersant carbon monoxixde used to propel
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the chemical agent CS into the compound.
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A second possibility, he said, was a defect in the way the
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video was shot.
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"I don't know what it is," he said. "I'll have to be honest
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with you."
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He noted that the fire at the compound did not erupt for at
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least 35 to 40 minutes after the light flash is observed in the
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video.
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An inquiry into the video was continuing, Mr. Scruggs said.
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