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The Washington Times February 28, 1998 Liberals Back On Task THE JACKPOT NEWS WEEKLY By Paul Craig Roberts Creators Syndicate Historically, liberals drew their moral stature from their willingness to hold the high and mighty accountable. Although there have been exceptions, generally speaking, liberals were not willing parties to cover-ups for "the good of the country" or to protect the reputation of law enforcement or a prominent person's reputation. The liberals' insistence on justice often clashed with the conservatives' instinct to protect the public's confidence in the established order. In our own time, as liberals themselves became the established order, their demand for accountability became selective. When conservative instincts and liberal interests coincide, government escapes from accountability. When government feels it is beyond accountability, it does terrible things. Consider Waco, for example. Many ordinary people are still disturbed by the federal government's gratuitous destruction of the Branch Davidian religious sect. How can a warrant to inspect some firearms result in the death of 85 men, women and children? How can we bomb Saddam Hussein in Iraq for harboring banned chemical weapons that the FBI used against women and children in Waco, Texas? Americans never got an answer to that question "Why Waco?" They got a cover-up. People who disputed the government's lies were branded "militia types" and "religious kooks." The affair was on its way down the memory hole when two liberals, Dan and Amy Sommer, found their conscience, pointed the Zolan finger and said: "I accuse." Their accusation is as powerful as the one Emile Zola penned when he accused the French military establishment of intentionally framing Captain Dreyfus for treason. Dreyfus was a goner, but Zola's demand for accountability began a stirring of the conscience that in the end forced the French military establishment to admit its wrongdoing. If the American public still has a moral conscience, the Gifford'sndocumentary movie, "Waco: The Rules of Engagement," directed by William Gazecki, will force accountability on the U.S. Bureau of Alcoho1, Tobacco and Firearms, the FBI, the Department of Justice and the government officials who intentionally lied to Congress and the American People in order to cover their criminal deeds. One thing is certain: The film is not going away. It has been nominated for an Oscar. The film has become a staple at American Civil Liberties Union fund-raisers. It has been shown in movie theaters and received rave reviews from major newspapers. The BBC has acquired broadcast rights for Great Britain. A large percentage of the liberal elite will have watched this film, and unless the government is held accountable for Waco, the elite are going to lose their confidence in the U.S. government. This film is a careful documentary, not a screed. It presents the unadulterated evidence. The evidence - from eyewitnesses including the FBI's own crime scene photographer, from the governments own infrared film (FLIR) footage of the attack on the compound, from impeccable and dispassionate experts, and from government documents makes it clear beyond any doubt that the federal government murdered the Branch Davidians. It was an American Holocaust. Why were they murdered? An explanation that can be inferred from the film is as follows: The FBI exterminated the Davidians and quickly destroyed the evidence of the crime scene in order to cover up a criminal act by another federal agency, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. A discredited agency, BATF planned the initial attack on the Davidians compound on order to boost its standing with the American public by capturing a "dangerous" weapons cache and rescuing children from alleged sexual abuse by alleged religious perverts. There was no evidence that the Davidians had violated any law. BATF used made-up information to obtain a warrant from a careless magistrate. Instead of knocking on the door and serving the warrant, as required by law, BATF assembled a combat team that shipped out to a U.S. military base for assault training. BATF's publicity agent informed the media prior to the assault and made certain that the TV cameras were in place to film the staged gun - control and child rescue operation. But BATF's armed assault was beaten off with loss of life on both sides. BATF limped away, and the federal government, fearful of the implications of such a terrible abuse of power, killed the Davidians and destroyed the compound in order to avoid accountability for BATF's illegal use of deadly force. The government knew that it could rely on the liberal media's own biases to portray the Davidians as the cause of it all. The film's footage of the congressional hearings make it clear that the Republicans knew what had happened but were too fearful of the implications for "law and order" to take any meaningful action. Afraid of unleashing the criminal in the street, they left in place the criminals in the FBI, BATF, and Department of Justice. This was a serious mistake because it has compromised the Republican's integrity as well as that of federal law enforcement. ©1997 The Washington Times

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