[116967] in Cypherpunks
FBI credibility and trustworthiness (Waco news, etc ...)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ernest Hua)
Tue Aug 24 13:20:08 1999
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From: "Ernest Hua" <hua@teralogic-inc.com>
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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 09:23:37 -0700
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It appears that the FBI's credibility
and trustworthiness has sunken once
again to the level we are all use to on
this list.
This Waco thing, and the consistent
attempts to sneak crypto/wiretap laws
into effect using back door methods such
as insertion into funding bills and
using secret lobbying such as ILETS,
really makes me wonder why anyone trusts
the TLA bureaucrats at all.
Worse yet, this behavior may seriously
jeopardize the safety of the officers
on the street who have to face the
real criminals. If a criminal believes
that the FBI will kill him and get away
with it, would he peacefully surrender
or just try to take everyone down with
him?
I really wonder ...
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http://www.sjmercury.com/breaking/docs/064870.htm
FBI reportedly
fired pyrotechnic
grenades at
Davidians
Reuters
DALLAS -- A former top FBI official
said the agency fired two tear gas
grenades capable of causing a fire at
the Branch Davidian compound in
Waco, Texas, in 1993, just hours
before the structure burst into flames,
killing 80 people, The Dallas
