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Burton said he would issue subs
poenas this week to the Justice and
Defense departments.
“I intend, to have depositions
taken from all those people and put
them under oath,” he told NBC. ■
Senate Judiciary Committee
Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said
he also planned investigations into
Waco.
The GOP presidential hopeful said
on “Fox News Sunday” that Rend
has generally been stingy in impart-
ing information to Congress, and he
complained of a “lack of coopera-
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WASHINGTON (AP) — -Attorney diary • grenades were fired at an
General Janet Reno’s Republican underground bunker away from then
critics in Congress say new revela- main wooden building but had noth-
lions about the 1993 Branch Davidi- ing to do with the fire that broke out*
an standoff bolster their arguments hours, later and destroyed the com-
that Reno and her Justice Depart- pound.
ment have not been forthright with They said there was solid evi-
the American people. dehce that Branch Davidian leaders
Her Democratic defenders David Koresh and his followers set
The lawsuit filed in Travis County Bush isn’t a defendant in the sec- “The governor is not... simply an
Monday seeks judgments that would ond lawsuit, a whistleblower case uninvolved third party,” Herring
force the state to acknowledge the filed by the fired head of, the Texas said. “The governor is alleged here
demonstrators’ right to protest in Funeral Service Commission, who . ... as a coconspirator in this matter, in
front of the mansion. It was filled by alleges she lost her job over an inves- this very case. That means he and he
Texans United, Downwinders At tigation of Houston-based funeral alone could have personal knowl-
Risk and three demonstrators against company that had given campaign edge of the elements of the conspira-
Burton and Hatch have clashed
frequently with Reno over what the
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“It would not surprise me if Janet
Reno tried to keep a lid on this
because I think she has done that in
other areas,” Burton said.!
But Schumer also said she should
seek an independent, outside investi-
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Justice Department look into th®
incendiary device matter.
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this investigation on its own. They
clearly muffed it,” Schumer said.
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rights — that of political expression lawsuit political.
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gov.
George W. Bush, the Republican
presidential front-runner, was
accused of violating the free speech
rights of protesters in a lawsuit filed
Monday at the same time his lawyers
argued successfully against a sub
poena in another lawsuit.
- Environmentalists allege that
Bush has given state troopers “unbri-
dled discretion” to target protesters
picketing in front of the governor’s
mansion on a public sidewalk.
Bush’s office says the protesters
strayed out of a designated area.
“The decision regarding protest-
ers was made by the Department of
Public Safety to protect the safety of
pedestrians and protester's around the
governor’s mansion,” said Bush
spokesman Ray Sullivan.
“They were concerned that pro-
testers blocking - sidewalks could
result in people walking in the street
or otherwise jeopardizing their safe-
ty”
But the environmentalists say
their rights were violated.
“The Texas Constitution does not
ter of whether — contrary to past people.
stop at the sidewalk in front of the County’s district attorney’s office.
governor’s mansion,” said Rick “What is clear about this pattern - x
Abraham, executive director of Tex- of arrests is that it was designed to Tom Vinger, DPS spokesman, This is about harassment. This is political action committee gave Bush
ans United, one of the groups suing intimidate and harass protesters, not declined comment on the lawsuit, but about politics,” Cornyn said, $35,000 in 1996 and 1997, worked
Bush. Abraham said he was arrested to keep the sidewalks clear of pedes, said there is no written policy on how Ms. May’s attorney's had wanted with Bush's staff to interfere with an
twice trians ” said David Kahne an attor- state police should deal with protest- to question Bush about the investiga- investigation of SCI.
A group of about 20 demonstra- ney with the American Civil Liber- ers. tion of Service Corp. International, Besides seeking to question Bush,
tors paced the sidewalk in front of ties Union. "It's taken on a case-by-case which resulted in recommended Ms. May has asked, the court to find
the mansion Monday afternoon with- Abraham, one of the plaintiffs, .basis," Vinger said. fines of $445,000 that SCI is contest- Bush in contempt for filing what she
out incident. It was the same area said that during the administrations The environmentalists contend ing. The company denies wrongdo- calls a false affidavit in his attempt to
where state troopers had arrested of former Republican and Democrat- that the state's policy is unconstitu- ing and says the commission misin- block that subpoena.
them before ic governors protesters Were allowed tionally arbitrary and should be in terpreted state embalming law. Bush said in his July 20 affidavit, j
The arrests took place on four to picket on the sidewalk, writing. Ms. May is a former Texas Demo- “I have had no conversations with .
occasions — March 11, March 29, “People were not arrested. Not "The state police have unbridled cratic Party treasurer. SCI officials, agents, or representa-;
April 19 and May 25-and in each until George Bush decided to run for discretion to make up, enforce, and One of Ms; May's lawyers, Chuck fives concerning the investigation or ;
case the charges of blocking an entry president. Then the. arrests started,” change rules affecting the expression Herring, said Bush should answer any dispute arising from it.” He also •
way were dropped by the Travis he said. of opinion,” the lawsuit says. questions about the SCI investigation ■ said he had no personal knowledge J
. ’ and Ms. May’s dismissal. of the case.
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claims — the FBI used incendiary On Sunday, Justice Department
tear gas grenades in the final hours spokesman Myron Marlin reiterated!
before the Davidians’ compound Reno’s own anger at the new revela-,
near Waco, Texas, went up in flames, tions.
“Pointing fingers or demonizing “She had asked for and received!
the * attorney general of the United assurances that these devices would!
States who has come forward this not be used and were not used,” he
week serves us no purpose,” Rep. said. ■
Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said “it is extremely frustrating, and
Sunday on CNN’s “Late Edition.7’ that’s why she plans to get to the bot-
Reno said Thursday she was tom of this.”
“very, very troubled” by newly Byron Sage, a retired FBI agent
received information that pyrotech- and chief Waco hostage negotiator,®
nic devices may have been used on said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that®
the last day of the 51-day siege, in while it was very troubling that
which more than 80 people died. information on the incendiary
She said she and FBI Director grenades is only surfacing now.
Louis Freeh had ordered a full “This was not a coverup, this was
review of the case. not any grand, conspiracy or anything
‘Reno and other Justice Depart- else. What it was was a very glaring
ment and FBI officials have stressed oversight.”
that the several military-type incen- But Rep. Dan Burton, R-Ind.,
chairman of the House Government
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