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...missteps, though, have been numerous. There was the disastrous Waco raid, the delay in appointing an independent prosecutor for the Whitewater episode. The agency under Reno has also been unusually vulnerable to pressure from the White House. This is reflected in Reno's receptivity to preparing legislation which would expand the reach of child pornography laws, an issue with clear political appeal...
...memorandum proceeded to list the recent achievements of the office, including supervision of the preparation of Waco Report, a series of multi-agency initiatives against violent crimes in American cities and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) settlement...
...trial began of 10 men and one woman who are members of the Branch Davidian cult and who are charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the death of four federal agents. The agents were shot during a raid on the cult's compound near Waco in February...
...eerie, being up here this close," says Craig Martin, a Waco TV production supervisor who covered the siege from a mile away. He is snapping photos of his parents, Baptist missionaries visiting from Thailand. "I could see how it burned so fast in this wind," observes a tourist from Minnesota, "but what really happened...
...town, the lingering embarrassment over seizing the world's attention on account of such gruesome events has faded. "The whole world knows where Waco is now," says restaurateur Sam Citrano. "We're going to put it to positive advantage...