re fyi batf reply on waco in article c l k u elite intel com dgw elite intel com dennis willson writes on march i sent strongly worded letters critisizing the batf in their handling of the randy weaver and branch davidian cases to several politicians ore senators bob packwood and mark hatfield representative elizabeth furse and treasury secretary lloyd bentsen while i have never been a supporter of bob packwood i must admit that he seems to be the only one who has done anything but round file my letter well i didn t bother writing to boxer feinstein or eshoo the terrible trio who allegly represent me instead i wrote to bentsen my letter was not exactly strongly worded i simply stated that the batf approach was immoral military style assault firing into a house where they knew there were kids aparently bentsen forwarded my letter to the batf and they responded to me directly it follows the text of your reply pretty closely however i intend to send another letter directly to them in return prior to the service of the federal search warrant numerous efforts were made to locate and effect the arrest of david koresh away from the compound these efforts were unsuccessful even if david koresh had been arrested while away from the compound action would have been required against his followers who are just as violent as he during the subsequent search of the premises this section is not in the letter that i received the parts about atf logo and steenking badges or their loss of the element of surprise were not included either sincerely yours daniel m h l tt can t make out signature deputy director the same guy with the bad handwriting apparently signed my letter for richard l garner chief special operations division don
