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@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-<xml><p>This file passed through Search-Net on <ent type='PERSON'>Prowler</ent>'s DOMAIN call now for more
+<xml><p>This file passed through Search-Net on Prowler's DOMAIN call now for more
 (509) 327-8922 four line ring-down</p>
 
 <p> THE RANDY WEAVER CASE
 Another Federal Fiasco!</p>
 
-<p> <ent type='PERSON'>BATF</ent>'s entrapment of <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent> led to
+<p> BATF's entrapment of <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent> led to
 the violent deaths of three people. Says his
 defense attorney, <ent type='PERSON'>Gerry Spence</ent>: "What
 happened to <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent> can happen to
@@ -15,23 +15,23 @@ BY JIM OLIVER</p>
 camouflage, <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Sammy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent>, 14, fired back in fear for his life. The
 4 ft., 11"-tall youngster was hit in the arm, then shot in the back as
 he turned to run for home. He died instantly, killed by an agent of the
-<ent type='ORG'>federal government</ent>.</p>
+federal government.</p>
 
 <p> <ent type='PERSON'>Cradling</ent> her 10-month-old daughter in her arms, <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Vicki</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent> stood
 in the doorway of her home, mourning her slain son, unaware that she
 herself had only seconds to live. In an instant a bullet tore into <ent type='PERSON'>Vicki</ent>
-<ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>'s face, blew through her jaw and severed her carotid artery.
+Weaver's face, blew through her jaw and severed her carotid artery.
 The bullet was fired from 200 yds. away by an agent of the federal
 government.</p>
 
 <p> What had the <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> family done to bring <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent> snipers and submachine-gun-toting U.S. marshals to the woods around their cabin on <ent type='ORG'>Ruby Ridge</ent>
 in northern <ent type='GPE'>Idaho</ent>? Why did the government act as though the <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>s
-had forfeited the protections guaranteed all <ent type='NORP'>Americans</ent> by the United
+had forfeited the protections guaranteed all <ent type='NORP'>Americans</ent> by <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent>
 States Constitution? Who made the decisions that led to their
 unjustified deaths and also to the death of deputy U.S. <ent type='PERSON'>Marshall</ent> William
 <ent type='PERSON'>Degan</ent>?</p>
 
-<p> For the six men working near <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>'s plywood cabin on <ent type='ORG'>Ruby Ridge</ent>,
+<p> For the six men working near Weaver's plywood cabin on <ent type='ORG'>Ruby Ridge</ent>,
 Aug. 21, 1992, was another day on a job that had been going on more
 than 16 months. Their employer, the U.S. government, was spending
 $13000 a week, and there had been no end in sight to the work.</p>
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ medic, prepared to care for any casualties.</p>
 <p> The weaver family had dogs. Somebody threw a rock to test their
 reaction. A golden retriever barked near the cabin and came running
 their way. A mission somebody in <ent type='ORG'>the Marshal Service</ent> had dubbed
-"<ent type='EVENT'>Operation Northern Exposure</ent>" was about to end.</p>
+"Operation <ent type='PERSON'>Northern</ent> Exposure" was about to end.</p>
 
 <p> The "op" had included use of jet reconnaissance overflights with
 aerial photographic analysis by <ent type='ORG'>the Defense Mapping Agency</ent>, and
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ picking locations for surveillance and for snipers. <ent type='PERSON'>Degan</en
 to the Special Operations Group, the Marshals' national <ent type='ORG'>SWAT</ent> team.
 The six on-site this day were deputy U.S. Marshals.</p>
 
-<p> The target of all of this--and of a Federal <ent type='ORG'>law enforcement</ent> and
+<p> The target of all of this--and of a Federal law enforcement and
 prosecution effort that would eventually total approximately $3
 million--was <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent>. What kind of criminal was he to
 demand this kind of attention? Was he a major drug dealer?
@@ -83,11 +83,11 @@ arbitrarily by <ent type='ORG'>Congress</ent> to be legal. The H&amp;R single-ba
 and <ent type='ORG'>Remington</ent> pump were sold to a good friend who instructed
 <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> to shorten the barrels. The "good friend" was an undercover
 informant working for <ent type='ORG'>the Bureau</ent> of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms
-(<ent type='PERSON'>BATF</ent>), who later told reporters he was in it "mainly for the
+(<ent type='ORG'>BATF</ent>), who later told reporters he was in it "mainly for the
 excitement."</p>
 
 <p> Eight months after he sold the shotguns, <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> was approached
-by two <ent type='PERSON'>BATF</ent> agents with an offer--spy on the Aryan Nations, a
+by two <ent type='ORG'>BATF</ent> agents with an offer--spy on the Aryan Nations, a
 white supremacist hate group head-quartered in northern <ent type='GPE'>Idaho</ent>,
 or go to jail. <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> refused to become a government informer,
 and--six months later--he was indicted on the shotgun charge.</p>
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ and--six months later--he was indicted on the shotgun charge.</p>
 for supplies, they encountered a pickup truck-camper with its
 hood up, a man and woman seeming to be in trouble. The <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>s
 stopped to offer their help. A horde of federal agents piled out
-of the camper. A pistol was pressed against <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>'s neck. <ent type='PERSON'>Vicki</ent>
+of the camper. A pistol was pressed against Weaver's neck. <ent type='PERSON'>Vicki</ent>
 <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> was thrown to the slushy ground.</p>
 
 <p> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> was arraigned before a federal magistrate, who later
 admitted he cited the wrong law. Out on bond, <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> went back
 to his cabin. According to friends who testified in court, he and
 his wife vowed not to have any more dealings with the courts of
-the <ent type='ORG'>federal government</ent>. They would just stay on their mountain.</p>
+the federal government. They would just stay on their mountain.</p>
 
 <p> A hearing was set on the shotgun matter for <ent type='ORG'>Federal Court</ent> in
 <ent type='GPE'>Moscow</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Idaho</ent>. The government notified <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> by letter that
@@ -114,9 +114,9 @@ would be a washout. (<ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> did not show for the wrong
 either.) U.S. Attorney <ent type='PERSON'>Ron Howen</ent> went to the grand jury anyway,
 and <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> was indicted for failure to appear.</p>
 
-<p> But why had the <ent type='PERSON'>BATF</ent> picked <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent> to set up as an
+<p> But why had the <ent type='ORG'>BATF</ent> picked <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent> to set up as an
 informer? He was a man devoted to family, a man with no criminal
-record, a veteran who served his country with honor. It was <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>'s
+record, a veteran who served his country with honor. It was Weaver's
 beliefs that made him an ideal target. His unorthodox religious
 and political views were far outside mainstream <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>. He
 was a white separatist. And, <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent> was little, a nobody.</p>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ was a white separatist. And, <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <
 <p> Over the next 16 months, the feds painted <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> as racist, as
 anti-<ent type='NORP'>semitic</ent>, as a criminal. But they had to entrap him into his
 only crime, altering two guns. The media were unquestioning. In
-print and on TV and radio, <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>'s home--the plywood shack he
+print and on TV and radio, Weaver's home--the plywood shack he
 built himself--became a "mountain fortress," and then "a bunker,"
 and a stronghold protected by a cache of 15 weapons and ammunition
 capable of piercing armored personnel carriers."</p>
@@ -163,13 +163,13 @@ down for eight hours. It was a lie.</p>
 hours, <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>Kevin Harris</ent> brought the little boy's body
 to a shed near the cabin and washed it.</p>
 
-<p> Deputy <ent type='PERSON'>Degan</ent>'s shooting brought in the <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent>. Soon, the <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>
-property was ringed by a huge force of <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent>, <ent type='PERSON'>BATF</ent>, U.S. Marshals,
-<ent type='GPE'>Idaho</ent> state police and local <ent type='ORG'>law enforcement</ent> and <ent type='GPE'>Idaho</ent> National
+<p> Deputy Degan's shooting brought in the <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent>. Soon, the <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>
+property was ringed by a huge force of <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent>, <ent type='ORG'>BATF</ent>, U.S. Marshals,
+<ent type='GPE'>Idaho</ent> state police and local law enforcement and <ent type='GPE'>Idaho</ent> National
 Guard.</p>
 
-<p> Among the federal <ent type='ORG'>law enforcement</ent> commanders was Richard
-Rogers, the head of the <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent>'s hostage rescue team, which includes
+<p> Among the federal law enforcement commanders was Richard
+Rogers, the head of the FBI's hostage rescue team, which includes
 its snipers. On the flight out, he took an extraordinary step--he
 decided to alter radically the prescribed rules of engagement of
 <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent> sharpshooters.</p>
@@ -190,13 +190,13 @@ can be taken without endangering the children."</p>
 <p> Of words reminiscent of hollow justifications used in <ent type='GPE'>Waco</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Texas</ent>,
 federal spokesmen kept telling the media of their concern for the
 children. In fact, <ent type='PERSON'>Gene Glenn</ent>, the agent in charge of the siege, told
-<ent type='ORG'>The New York Times</ent> he considered the kids to be hostages. Yet they'd
+<ent type='ORG'>The New York</ent> Times he considered the kids to be hostages. Yet they'd
 already killed one child.</p>
 
 <p> The negotiators were not in place, and no effort had been made to
 contact the <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>s, when <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent>, <ent type='PERSON'>Kevin Harris</ent>--armed--
 and 16-year-old <ent type='PERSON'>Sara</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> left the cabin and moved to the shed
-where <ent type='PERSON'>Sam</ent>'s body lay.</p>
+where Sam's body lay.</p>
 
 <p> As the three reached the shed, an <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent> sniper some 200 yds. away
 aimed at <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>. He told the court he was aiming for the spine,
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ them shoot a kid."</p>
 infant daughter, <ent type='ORG'>Elisheba</ent>. The sniper fired again. His bullet hit
 <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Vicki</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent>. She was dead before the baby hit the floor,
 miraculously unhurt. <ent type='PERSON'>Harris</ent> was hit by bullet fragments and bone
-from <ent type='PERSON'>Vicki</ent>'s skull. He was bleeding badly. <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent>, daughters
+from Vicki's skull. He was bleeding badly. <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Randy</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent>, daughters
 <ent type='PERSON'>Sara</ent> and 10-year-old <ent type='PERSON'>Rachel</ent> all saw the violent death.</p>
 
 <p> Later, sniper <ent type='PERSON'>Lon Horiuchi</ent> stated in court that killing <ent type='PERSON'><ent type='PERSON'>Vicki</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent></ent>
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ Again from reporter <ent type='PERSON'>Jess Walter</ent>'s story:</p>
 mama.'... Dad was crying and saying, 'I know baby. I know baby. Your
 Mama's gone....'"</p>
 
-<p> She told <ent type='PERSON'>Walters</ent> that on Sunday, they tried to yell at federal agents
+<p> She told <ent type='PERSON'>Walters</ent> that on <ent type='LOC'>Sunday</ent>, they tried to yell at federal agents
 and get their attention, to tell them that her mother was dead. She
-said they got no resopnse. Instead they would her the <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent> negotiators.</p>
+said they got no response. Instead they would her the <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent> negotiators.</p>
 
 <p> "They'd come on real late at night and say, 'Come out and talk to us,
 Mrs. <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>. How's the baby, Mrs. <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>,' in a real smart-<ent type='PERSON'>alecky</ent>
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ voice. Or they'd say, 'Good morning, Randall. How'd you sleep? We're
 having pancakes. What are you having?"</p>
 
 <p> The <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent> later claimed it had no idea that its sniper had shot <ent type='PERSON'>Vicki</ent>
-<ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>. Yet a <ent type='ORG'>New York Times</ent> stringer quoted <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent> sources as saying
+<ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent>. Yet a <ent type='ORG'>New York</ent> Times stringer quoted <ent type='ORG'>FBI</ent> sources as saying
 they were "using a listening device that allow(ed) them to hear
 conversations, and even the baby's cries in the cabin." Another lie?</p>
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ a "gun battle." More spin control.</p>
 
 <p> The only shots were two--from the government's sniper.</p>
 
-<p> <ent type='PERSON'>Kevin Harris</ent> was the first person to come out. Sunday, August 30,
+<p> <ent type='PERSON'>Kevin Harris</ent> was the first person to come out. <ent type='LOC'>Sunday</ent>, August 30,
 badly wounded, he was rushed to a <ent type='GPE'>Spokane</ent> hospital where he was
 treated and charged with murder. A magistrate told him he was
 facing the death penalty.</p>
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ telling the judge, "I can't go on."</p>
 <p> <ent type='PERSON'>Gerry Spence</ent> told the jury, "This is a murder case, but the people
 who committed the murder are not here in court."</p>
 
-<p> After the trial, <ent type='ORG'>Spence</ent> told <ent type='ORG'>The New York Times</ent>, "A jury today has
+<p> After the trial, <ent type='ORG'>Spence</ent> told <ent type='ORG'>The New York</ent> Times, "A jury today has
 said that you can't kill somebody just because you wear badges,
 then cover those homicides by prosecuting the innocent.</p>
 
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ a boy who was shot in the back?"</p>
 charges against various federal agents. Should that happen, lingering
 questions about the <ent type='PERSON'>Weaver</ent> case finally may be answered. Should
 that happen another jury undoubtedly will serve notice to those
-who have forgotten that <ent type='GPE'>the United States</ent> government is supposed to
+who have forgotten that <ent type='GPE'>the United</ent> States government is supposed to
 serve its citizens, not entrap them, not defame them, not falsify
 evidence against them and absolutely not kill their children.</p>