Posted on 09/26/2004 5:27:29 AM PDT by marktwain
Did Richard Thornburg advocate murder?
I would not bring this up, but it goes straight to the character of the man that CBS has chosen to investigate Rathergate.
I don't trust Richard Thornburg.
I also know that memory is fallable. If mine is correct,video tape evidence exists that Richard Thornburg advocated murder.
I remember that during the Waco crises, after the Davidians had beaten back the ATF assault, and the FBI was negotiating, Richard Thornburg was on one of the talk shows. They were talking about the standoff, and one of the comentators asked: If Koresh (Vernon Howell) was the key to all this, couldn't the FBI snipers just take him out?
In other words, Richard was asked, couldn't the FBI just kill an unarmed man who hadn't been convicted of any crime, and was not an immediate threat to anyone? Or, more bluntly, Can the FBI commit murder?
Richard answered: Why, certainly. We had a situation up in Idaho like this, and we ended it in a satisfactory manner. At the time, in the context, I was convinced that he was talking about the murder of Vicki Weaver during the Ruby Ridge fiasco. Eventually, the survivors of the Weaver family were paid several million dollars by the Federal Government, but there has not been any successful prosecution of Lon Horiuchi, the sniper who shot Vicki Weaver as she stood with a baby in her arms.
I realize that this was ten years ago, and that memories can be faulty. But, this was so over the top, so outrageous, that it stuck.
I appeal to the great combined intelligence of Freerepublic to assist in identifying the show (videotape would be wonderful, other people who remember the same show would be helpful), or in correcting me. If I am wrong, I apologize in advance. I would not post this if I thought I was wrong.
IIRC ,Horiuchi was at Waco as well. BTW, If you have high blood pressure , don't watch "Rules of Engagement"
Because he was drunk with the power of the State and didn't realize that the Internet does not forget.
Dude, appreciate your feelings, but you need to chill. Dick Thornburg is a fair person and doesn't advocate murder. Don't get so whacko!!!! Relax it is football sunday. Enjoy!!
I know nothing about Richard Thornburg(h?). The very fact that CBS chose him makes him suspect, however.
Give me a break. This alternative would have been so much better than the actual outcome. Obviously Janet Reno was going after him. How much better if only he had been killed rather than everyone in the building.
I find it curious that you want to blame this on him. He was not in power. Clinton and Reno were. This really makes me mad.
Dick Thornburg is such a good and honorable man that I think your characterization is probably incorrect. It would be helpful if you'd do a search on your own and try to find a link.
absolutely!
Are there are other witnesses who recall this event. Your belief in Thornburg's integrity cannot change the past.
Did you forget your meds?
If the FBI would have investigated the scene at Waco, or negotiated in good faith, the incident would likely have turned out far differently as well.
Your advocation of extralegal force is not helpful. These were not enemy combatants. These were U.S. citizens accused of not paying a federal tax.
You're right, Peach. Perhaps a search PRIOR to posting this would have been an even better idea.
Although it has been pointed out that this one thread has more unsubstantiated nonsense than any other in the history of FreeRepublic, we cannot dismiss it entirely. After all, the Clintonistas were behind it all!
BTW, it's Thornburgh (with two h's).
Maybe you should do a google search spelling his name correctly and looking at all the Ruby Ridge articles you can find.
If Thornburgh did indeed say what you seem to think, he would almost certainly be quoted as saying that.
Also, the internet has MANY articles archived back prior to 1993.
I'd suggest using the correct spelling of his name. While there is a character named Richard Thornburg in the movie Die Hard 2, the former Atty. General's name is spelled with another h on the end of it, Thornburgh.
I did a search and found out that Karl Rove sued Dick Thornburgh for money owed to him for Thorburgh's failed Senate campaign. Small world, eh?
Yes. That was posted by a few freepers when Thornburgh was named to the CBS panel last week.
I really wish to get to the truth of this matter. I did turn up several articles about Richard Thornburg with the wrong spelling! Or maybe I spelled it correctly during the search.
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