He predicted last week that Danforth would run into political conflict if his investigation turned up the official wrongdoing that McNulty believes occurred. I am taking Mr. Danforth at face value. And history tells us that if he is the man I hope he is, he's likely to be fired. His career on this job will be terminated by the Justice Department the moment he comes to certain conclusions. Allegation Government agents fired into the Branch Davidian complex while it burned on April 19, 1993.
Some technical experts say flashes on infrared film are gunshots directed at the complex.
Branch Davidian survivors say there was incoming gunfire. There are no eyewitness accounts of government agents firing into the complex. Allegation Commandos of the military's Delta Force fired into the complex April 19. A former CIA analyst says Delta Force soldiers told about the use of weapons in the assault. A former Green Beret trainer says he heard Delta Force soldiers talk about active involvement.