- **Exclusive**
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- Rapid-fire bursts of light appearing on aerial infrared
surveillance footage made by the FBI during the 1993 showdown at Waco were
spectacularly recreated on Sunday, according to investigators, rapid-fire
bursts recreated by flashes from gunfire!
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- "The hot flashes were completely recreated using
a sniper on the ground," revealed a congressional source, one of 35
people to witness the court-ordered re-enactment of the final hours.
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- A second source also present at the tightly-controlled
test conducted at Fort Hood said the FBI, which claimed the '93 flashes
were simply reflections of sunlight off debris and water, had been dealt
a setback on Sunday.
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- But the source cautioned the test results would be open
to different interpretations:
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- "We may never know the truth of what happened, from
what I witnessed, both sides could spin this. There are more flashes than
on the original tape, because of the debris and broken glass thrown everywhere"
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- A British Royal Navy helicopter equipped with an infrared
camera like the one the FBI used during the assault videotaped the test
on Sunday while circling overhead as tanks rumbled and camouflaged gunmen
fired off rounds on the ground.
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- "The gunfire was clearly picked up on tape,"
said the well-placed source who demanded anonymity. "It looks like
a match of 1993."
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- A Branch Davidian wrongful death lawsuit charges that
the FBI fired at the sect members, which prevented them from fleeing the
burning compound and thus caused them to die.
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- The judge overseeing the case has issued an order blocking
any release of the re-enactment tape until his own investigators have studied
them and made a final report.
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- "The test today went smoothly, but we're really
kind of limited right now as to what we can share with you," U.S.
Attorney Mike Bradford, one of the government's lead lawyers, told reporters
late Sunday.
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- Filed by Matt Drudge
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