[FreedomPoster]

Wait a minute! You say DEA played no role whatsoever at Waco, then turn around and acknowledge their role in the initial unnecessary botched raid. Which is it?

DEA got the ball rolling trying to video a huge raid at budget time. They have plenty of culpability for the events at Waco.

[norcalvet]

Wait a minute! You say DEA played no role whatsoever at Waco, then turn around and acknowledge their role in the initial unnecessary botched raid. Which is it?
DEA got the ball rolling trying to video a huge raid at budget time. They have plenty of culpability for the events at Waco.

Uhh, no, rmh47 said:

To the best of my knowledge, DEA played no role whatsoever in the events at Waco. BATF was the agency responsible for the initial raid, and the FBI's HRT (Hostage Rescue Team) took over after the BATF team was shot up by the Branch Davidians.

Which is exactly how I remember it.  The drug angle was simply used as legal justification for the use of military assets, i.e. aircraft, armored personnel carriers, and combat engineer tanks. The DEA involvement was not required for this. Of course, who knows who was involved clandestinely...

[dread78645]

DEA got the ball rolling trying to video a huge raid at budget time.

s/DEA/BATF/g

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