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WACO ATF JOHN MAGAW , NOW DIR. NAT'L PREPAREDNESS
Sat May 3 16:18:25 2003
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BABY KILLER -

John Magaw
Acting Executive Director
Office of National Preparedness

http://www.fema.gov/about/bios/magaw.shtm 

John W. Magaw was appointed as the Senior Advisor to the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for terrorism preparedness in December 1999. In that role, he planned and coordinated FEMA's domestic terrorism preparedness efforts. Mr. Magaw served as the Acting Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency from January 20, 2001 through February 15, 2001; the Acting Deputy Director from February 15, 2001 through September 4, 2001; he is now serving as the Acting Executive Director of the Office of National Preparedness within the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Before joining FEMA, Mr. Magaw was Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, where he coordinated and directed policy and organizational changes that allowed the bureau to be more diversified and efficient as they recovered from the Waco Texas tragedy.

Mr. Magaw has an extensive background in law enforcement, began in 1959 as a trooper with the Ohio State Patrol. He then became a special agent with the U.S. Secret Service in 1967 and later served as deputy special agent in charge of the Vice Presidential protective division and then head of the Washington Field office, among other positions. Mr. Magaw was in charge of all protective operations for the President and First family before being appointed Director of the Secret Service.

A native of Columbus, Ohio, Mr. Magaw holds a bachelor of science degree in education from Otterbein College, in Westerville, Ohio. Mr. Magaw has received the 1991 and 1999 Presidential Rank Meritorious Award and, in 1995, received the Presidential Rank Distinguished Award. He is a life member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, serves on the Executive Committee for the Law Enforcement Explorer Scouts program and a member of the board of trustees for Otterbein College.
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Magaw was appointed director of the BATF after the Waco massacre in 1993 by Clinton. In a Washington Times article in November of that year he stated that he was determined that other religious "cults" not develop into "armed compounds." He said, "They're out there. They don't yet have the kind of weaponry that we saw in Waco. . .but they will develop if society allows them to." Magaw said BATF is keeping tabs on "cult-like organizations" in "three or four places around the country. . .We're trying to monitor way early in the game."
FULL STORY:
http://www.sierratimes.com/02/01/15/arsf011502.htm

THE MASSACRE OF THE BRANCH DAVIDIANS
A STUDY OF GOVERNMENT VIOLATIONS OF RIGHTS, EXCESSIVE FORCE AND COVER UP
http://www.shadeslanding.com/firearms/waco.massacre.html

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 20:00:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:STACKMAN@delphi.com
To: merkaba@styx.ios.com
Cc: stackman2d@aol.com, usbornebks@aol.com
Subject: ATF Director says FBI burned Waco

Sonja Hillgram, V.P. of the National Press Club asked John MaGaw, Director
of the BATF, [I thought it was spelled McGaw, but C-Span used the above
spelling on their screen] at the National Press Club Meeting on the 25th of
September the following question:

You certainly told us how you have changed training in the ATF, yet
nonetheless, some macho FBI agent types think that ATF should be folded
into the FBI because they criticize ATF training and they feel that they
have to go and mop up after ATF makes mistakes. Uh, how do you respond?

[during the second half of this question especially, MaGaw's face begins
to betray a clear discomfiture, possibly even anger]

MaGaw answers:

[clears throat] Well I believe that uh, had we been left in charge of um...
uh, the Waco incident, um... uh, we would _not_ have burned that building...
if you're asking me that question... um [at this point we hear a muffled
sound, possibly of surprise, from Sonja] and also if you're asking me, uh,
the other question, uh, of Ruby Ridge - we arrested Weaver safely.
We bro... We waited til he came off the compound. We arrested him on a
one-way bridge. Both he and his wife were armed. We took him to court,
and had he come back to court, there would have been no problem. Now on
one hand they say you should have gotten... uh Koresh off the compound...
in Waco. Now we _did_ get Weaver off the compound and safely, uh, and uh,
um, we can now be criticized for that, but you can't... uh... We made the
safe arrest. We took the person to court. It became the Marshals'
function and the Justice Department function after that. And as they're
doing tomorrow and the rest of this week and last week, they're answering
those questions. What ATF did was correct. Can a judge, can a jury look
at a case and say, "You know, this person may have been entrapped. I'm not
sure that Weaver would have pro...provided a number more weapons and should
ATF maybe have made one more buy before they arrested him." Uh, they
_miss_ what he said on the tape, "I hope those shotguns are going to Los
Angeles to be used on gangs."

There it is folks! The complete context of the statement wherein MaGaw
tells us it was the FBI who started the fire. I think he got in such a
defensive posture when the subject of folding his bureau into the FBI came
up that he didn't even realize what he said, but then again, the media will
just ignore it, and it'll be just as if he'd never said it.

MaGaw sure is quick on his feet though, isn't he?
http://www.pdxnorml.org/WACO.TXT.html
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• Meet the New Magaw — Sean Finnegan:, Sat May 3 16:26
• Maqaw — bee, Sun May 4 00:28