Yea, they don’t want to have to rely on lies to get armored vehicles like they did at Waco.
Exactly right —because of Posse Comitatus considerations, at Waco the guv had to cook up BS in order to get the really heavy MILITARY weaponry and training involved in Texas;
They advanced the claim that in addition to dealing fully-automatic machine-guns and BEATING BABIES that they also were big-time DRUG DEALERS.
So THIS way, the next time the guv wants to do a massacre, the cops will ALREADY have all this gear, and then they’ll simply say, “Go do it” and won’t have to resort to exotic lies.