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To: Merritt who wrote (23)	8/27/1999 8:39:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1449

Delta Force had active role in raid, ex-CIA officer told Pentagon won't discuss Army commando unit 08/27/99 By Lee Hancock / The Dallas Morning News ¸ 1999, The Dallas Morning News A former CIA officer said Thursday that he learned from Delta Force commandos that members of the secret Army unit were "present, up front and close" in helping the FBI in the final tear-gas assault on the Branch Davidian compound. The former officer, Gene Cullen, told The Dallas Morning News that he heard the detailed accounts of the military's active involvement from "three or four" anti-terrorist Delta commandos as he worked with them on an overseas assignment in 1993. "Whether it's the macho-bravo-type talk of guys in the field, I don't know," he said, declining to identify the individuals involved. "I have no reason to suspect that they lied. And it didn't just come from one of them. There were three or four guys that confirmed that, who were from Delta." In the months after the Waco tragedy, Mr. Cullen said, he heard from associates in Delta Force that the secret unit's involvement there amounted to far more than observation or tactical discussions. While he was deployed overseas on an assignment, Mr. Cullen said, Delta operators told him that the unit "had 10 operators down there, that they were involved in the advanced forward stages of [the FBI's April 19] operations."(cont) dallasnews.com

To: Merritt who wrote (23)	8/27/1999 10:21:00 AM
From: Machaon	Read Replies (8) \| Respond to of 1449

<< ... and if you have any sense at all, you must realize that the real danger comes not from a few nutcases, but from within our own government. >> I don't entirely agree with you, but I am very much worried about the conservative fringe element getting too much power in this country. For instance, the conservative Republicans used their majority standing to abuse their powers and try to remove our elected President without a fair hearing. OTOH, the fringe criminal groups still worry me, and I hope that our government continues their efforts to protect law abiding citizens. If you are not concerned about the criminal fringe elements within our country I would hope that you would know enough, at least, to duck if the bullets start flying.