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WorldNetDaily
August 31, 1999
FBI, Justice kept military role quiet
New memo shows armor experts flown to Waco in civilian clothes
By Besty Gibson
A new memo obtained by WorldNetDaily suggests the FBI deliberately sought
to conceal that it had an top military armor expert visit Waco to "assess"
the situation, then meet with Attorney General Janet Reno to discuss
"tactical contingency plans that may be used to bring the situation in
Waco, Texas, to an end."
The memo, signed by Michael E. O'Connor, Army Operations Command watch
officer, meticulously notes that it is "the Department of Justice thru
(sic) the FBI" that has "requested two soldiers by name," and that the
loan of the two, Brigadier General Schoomaker and Colonel William "Jerry"
Boykin, to the FBI for such a mission has been approved by a General
Heldstab. The memo goes on to record that top executive officers, major
Army commands such as Three Corps and Force Command and the U.S. Army
Special Operations Command were also informed. "The FBI," the memo
states, "will handle travel arrangements."
According to WorldNetDaily's Special Forces source, it is a revealing
break in protocol to have such military officers transported by the FBI.
More properly they would travel by military or civilian aircraft. But
using either of those methods of transport would mean that their names and
ranks would be recorded on a flight manifest.
Furthermore, having a military aircraft land at Waco would have certainly
attracted attention and questions.
By contrast, by breaking with protocol and transporting these two Delta
Force officers via FBI plane or helicopter, and having them dress in
civilian clothes, their identity would be neither known to observers nor
recorded in any manifest.
WorldNetDaily's source believes that the military author of the memo,
O'Connor, might have been registering his queasiness with the break in
protocol represented by the FBI by adding a note on the bottom to Major
Wells that says "BG Shoomaker (sic) told my watch NCO (SFC Savage) that
the FBI plans to pick him at Fort Hood and fly him first to Waco to assess
the situation, and then on to Washington. He was not sure if MG Heldstab
was aware of those plans when he approved the mission. Just wanted you to
be current!"
In the opinion of WorldNetDaily's military source it is telling that in
the five years since the two officers in the memo met with Reno about
Waco, they have, between them, collected six stars -- a nearly
unprecedented rate of advancement. Boykin, then a colonel has gained three
stars to become a lieutenant general in command of the U.S. Army Special
Operations Command, and Schoomaker, then a brigadier general, quickly
gained three stars to become commander in chief of the United States
Special Operations Command, the ultimate leader of all Special Forces
units, Ranger units, Air Force Special Operations wings and all Navy
Seals, making him arguably one of the most powerful men in the military,
after the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The memo follows below:
ODS (ODS is handwritten at the top)
Dept. of Justice Request - Waco, Texas
The Department of Justice thru the FBI, requested two soldiers by name, to
meet with the Attorney General on 14 April 93, concerning tactical
contingency plans that may be used to bring the situation in Waco, Texas
to an end. These personnel are; BG Shoomaker, ADC, 1st CAV DIV, and COL
Boykin, Sec Ops, at Fort Bragg, NC. These soldiers have extensive special
operations experience, and have worked with the FBI on previous occasions.
MG Heldstab has approved this mission, and both have been notified. The
Top 6 XOs. FORSCOM, III Corps, and USASOC were also informed. The FBI will
handle travel arrangements.
(O'Conner's signature is here) Michael E. O'Connor CPT, FA AOC WATCH
OFFICER
MAJ Wells,
This is what I wrote up and gave to Col (P) Ohle early this morning. BG
Shoomaker told my watch NCO (SFC Savage) that the FBI plans to pick him at
Fort Hood and fly him first to Waco to assess the situation, and then on
to Washington DC. He was not sure if MG Heldstab was aware of those plans
when he approved the mission. Just wanted you to be current!
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