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To: The Street who wrote (3560)	5/1/2000 7:19:00 PM
From: Daniel W. Koehler	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13062

Street 1. Have you seen the disinformation the govt is pushing re: the infrared photos of Waco gunfire being "reflections"? users.erols.com I am no physicist, but I thought the visible light spectrum is what makes up a "reflection". Isn't visible light invisible to infrared? Any scientists out there, please set me straight. 2. The guy who testified that the flashes were "gunfire" last October turns up dead. Police Probe Death of Waco Expert The Associated Press Saturday, April 29, 2000; 3:24 p.m. EDT WASHINGTON ?? Police said Saturday they are investigating the death of an expert hired by a congressional committee who alleged last October that shots were fired in the Waco siege. There was no sign of a break-in or struggle at the firm of Infrared Technology outside Washington where the badly decomposed body of Carlos Ghigliotti, 42, was found Friday afternoon, Laurel police said in a news release. Ghigliotti had not been seen for several weeks. The office of the chief medical examiner for the state of Maryland was performing an autopsy in Baltimore. The autopsy wasn't expected to be completed until Monday. Ghigliotti, a thermal imaging analyst hired by the House Government Reform Committee to review tape of the siege, said he determined the FBI fired shots on April 19, 1993. The FBI has explained the light bursts on infrared footage as reflections of sun rays on shards of glass or other debris that littered the scene. "I conclude this based on the groundview videotapes taken from several different angles simultaneously and based on the overhead thermal tape," Ghigliotti told The Washington Post last October. "The gunfire from the ground is there, without a doubt." Ghigliotti said the tapes also confirm the Davidians fired repeatedly at FBI agents during the assault, which ended when flames raced through the compound. About 80 Branch Davidians perished that day, some from the fire, others from gunshot wounds. Mark Corallo, a spokesman for the congressional committee chaired by Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind., said Saturday that police found the business card of a committee investigator in Ghigliotti's office. Corallo said Ghigliotti's work for the committee ended some time ago.