re clinton remarks by the president on waco w q a in article r g oinnqa life ai mit edu clinton hq campaign org the white house writes the white house office of the press secretary for immediate release april remarks by the president in question and answer session with the press p m edt the president on february the th four federal agents were killed in the line of duty trying to enforce the law against the branch davidian compound which had illegally stockpiled weaponry and ammunition and placed innocent children at risk because the batf operation had failed to meet its objective a day standoff ensued the federal bureau of investigation then made every reasonable effort to bring this perilous situation to an end without bloodshed and further loss of life the bureau s efforts were ultimately unavailing because the individual with whom they were dealing david koresh was dangerous irrational and probably insane the stacy koon lawrence powell defense the decisions of janet reno and bill clinton in this affair are essentially the moral equivalents of stacy koon s reno and clinton have the advantage in that they investigate themselves gerald
