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That article is typical self-promotion by BATF and articles like it appear in the BATF's cheering section in the press every time their budget comes up for review in Congress.
It is a typical, whining, bureaucratic exercise designed to get more money and more power from Congress. Every agency does it, it is just that BATF can always count on help from the anti-gun press.
Dont forget that the real cause of the Waco disaster was the bureau's desire to "show off" its capabilities for the new administration, after its director was told by the transition team that BATF had to show a "can do" attitude if they wanted more money and a bigger role in the gun control plans of the Clinton administration.
Basically, Waco was not a law enforcement exercise. Its goal was not to "get" law breakers, but to "get" an expanded role, with more personnel and more GS-13s, 14s, 15s, and SES types to supervise them. Those people died because BATF bureaucrats wanted promotions.
Jim
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