I don't think that any one will ever prove conclusively what those flashes were, but we are confident that they are not gunfire. Both the FBI and the Justice Department have asserted that the capabilities, and even the model and make of their infrared cameras used at Waco are classified national security secrets that cannot be made public and do not have to be shared with lawyers for the Branch Davidians. The special counsel's office can obtain the classified information being withheld from the Branch Davidians' lawyers because Mr. Danforth's staff was issued the required clearances through their appointment as special Department of Justice personnel, the letter indicated. The protocol would include the make or model of the FLIR equipment, the type of aircraft, altitude, weather conditions, angle of the sun, types of weapons, rapidity of firing of the weapons. They've taken away the one legitimate reason that they could have for refusing.
Any refusal now is because they already know what the answer is going to be.
I think that would be the most damning admission of liability they could possibly make. It's clear now that the office of special counsel, the courts and the plaintiffs are all interested in getting to the truth of what happened on April 19. Mr. Caddell said. On Capitol Hill, investigators involved in ongoing investigations of the government's actions in Waco also welcomed the special counsel's proposal. It would be unwise for the Justice Department not to participate.