Reply #6: Correction.

[ieoeja]

Actually, Reno wasn't even the AG when Waco started. She was there at the end making the final call to end the siege. But the agents who tried breaking in through the windows and roof on day one did so under orders from Poppy's quislings. And THAT has been the major point of contention ("why didn't they first try knocking on the door and present their warrant", "I'd shoot first and check for badges later if someone all dressed in black like an armed robber came bursting into my house in the middle of the night", "why didn't they just wait and grab Koresh off the street when he wasn't in his armed camp", etc).

Reno was Clinton's third AG nominee. His first two were rejected back when Republicans believed the Senate had the responsibility to consent (or not) to a president's selections.