re janet reno on nightline in article finn apr dalek isi edu finn isi edu greg finn writes i am bothered by the suggestion of child abuse that janet reno used several times last night both on and off nightline as a de facto justification for approving the raid if that is to be used as a justification of potentially lethal force attack on the compound and doing structural damage can fairly be called that then that evidence had better be quite strong that seemed to be on ted kopel s mind last night reno stated that they had evidence of child abuse she would not say what it was koresh s now ex lawyer was inside the compound repeatedly and told her to her face last night that he saw plenty of happy children playing with their mothers and no signs of child abuse whatsoever no brooding silent children no apparent bruising and so on her reply to this was that child abuse is not always as evident as that true but what better evidence could the fbi have had at this point it seems difficult to see how the fbi could have had better evidence than that seen by koresh s lawyer who was an eye witness having lived in la and seen the media and authority feeding frenzy that accompanied the mcmartin preschool debacle i have seen just how hot a button a child abuse charge can be child abuse has been used before by authorities as a justification to discard prudence i find janet reno s repeated assertions of evidence of child abuse rather curious wasn t the warrant issued for a supposed weapons violation that certainly had nothing to do with child abuse are we to assume therefore that new evidence of child abuse arose after the issuance of that warrant and the initial assault if so i fail to see now how that new evidence was gathered and how it could be better that on site eye witness evidence gregory finn information sciences institute marina del rey ca on tv news this morning it was reported that the local texas authorities who have reviewed the cases of the children who were released earlier in the siege have found no evidence of physical or sexual abuse of any of the children i don t recall if this was on good morning america or our local texas tv station joe gaut in the super state it really does not f gautjw ccsvax sfasu edu matter at all what actually happened remember the alamo truth is what the government chooses to remember waco tell you justice is what it wants to happen jim garrison new orleans la
