BS>  Another, ah, jewel missed by the press (I caught wind of it 
BS>  on a radio show, and later found it buried deep within 
BS>  newspaper report -- excluded from other in this area) was 
BS>  one of the reasons Janet Reno gave for the pressing need to 
BS>  wrap up the standoff:  She claimed they had reports that an 
BS>  "armed militia" was preparing to descend upon Waco, either 
BS>  to free Koresh or to do him in.
     This is the wrong conference, go to civlib.  This is the 
infamous Linda Thompson call for and UNARMED assembly, she showed 
up to try to send in diapers and formula, about 20 people showed 
up including her family, and is scared the pants [sic] off of 
Reno.  
BS>  The press has been absolutely silent on this claim.  It 
BS>  would be two years (to the day :-) before the militia 
BS>  movement was of much concern to anyone, much less the 
BS>  (armed) government.  Yet she was able to raise this bugaboo 
BS>  unquestioned.
BS> 
BS>  One question I have:  I was not following the reports prior 
BS>  to the attack very closely (I had other concerns closer to 
BS>  home), but I do not ever recall reading or hearing any 
BS>  reports of child abuse at the compound *before* the fire.  
BS>  I am sure I would have remembered such, given a certain 
BS>  sensitivity to the issue.  Do any of you recall such 
BS>  reports *before* the administration felt they needed a 
BS>  cover-up?
     Given the known lie about a call for an ARMED assembly and 
the pretense of ignorance of what actually happened when LT 
showed up, you can imagine the veracity of her child abuse 
claims.  I have no memory whatsoever of any claim of child abuse 
claims before the attack.  After it, there was a non-specific "no 
evidence of the children being unharmed" statement followed ten 
months later by the release of the videotape showing the children 
were unharmed.
     These days, "for the children," justifies anything, ask the 
McMartins.
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