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Re: Freeh says FBI doing great, supports Weaver killer

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Douglas L. Peterson)
Mon Sep 15 01:23:33 1997

From: fnorky@geocities.com (Douglas L. Peterson)
To: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 04:36:50 GMT
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970910162659.17580Z-100000@well.com>
Reply-To: fnorky@geocities.com (Douglas L. Peterson)

On Wed, 10 Sep 1997 16:28:27 -0700 (PDT), you wrote:
>	WASHINGTON (AP) - FBI Director Louis Freeh today declared his
>agency "in great shape" despite a recent spate of public relations
>embarrassments and said he has no plans to step down from his job.
[large snip]
>	The FBI will continue to stand behind Lon Horiuchi, an FBI
>sharpshooter charged last month by local authorities with involuntary
>manslaughter for the shooting death of Vicky Weaver, wife of white
>supremacist Randy Weaver, during a deadly standoff in Idaho, Freeh said.

Declan, just an observation, but have you noticed that the media seems
to incapable of saying the name Randy Weaver without using the words
white supremacist (or separatist)?  Do you think this is deliberate or
just a case of following a pattern set by others?

-Doug
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