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.