FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 25, 1999 Private Attorney General Urges FBI and Janet Reno to Terminate Waco Review by Paul Andrew Mitchell, B.A., M.S. All Rights Reserved without Prejudice San Francisco. Paul Andrew Mitchell, Candidate for the House of Representatives and the Private Attorney General in the cases of People v. United States, has publicly admonished Janet Reno and FBI Director Louis Freeh for pretending objectivity in their upcoming review of the Waco Holocaust, and the deaths of several innocent children there. "Janet Reno has already admitted her complicity in this tragedy," stressed Mitchell. "She is hardly in a position to be objective about the facts of the case, or the many laws which were broken during that siege." Mitchell recently addressed a letter to Judge Alex Kozinski, sitting on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, to express his specific intent to petition a Texas court for an ORDER to Reno, and possibly other unnamed accomplices, to show cause why she and they should not be charged with being an accessory to murder in the first degree. Mitchell also expressed his intent, acting on behalf of the People of the United States of America, to convey their answers, if any, to a State grand jury lawfully convened in McLellan County, Texas, where the town of Waco is situated. "It is clear from our careful review of the pertinent human Rights treaties, that extreme caution is required whenever official violence could threaten the safety and well-being of any minor children," explained Mitchell. "In particular, those treaties strictly forbid the execution of minors." Mitchell here refers to the explicit prohibitions in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights against execution of minors in any countries who have ratified this Covenant. Article 6 of the Covenant states: "Death sentences shall not be imposed for crimes committed by persons below 18 years of age and shall not be carried out on pregnant women." The United States Senate finally ratified this Treaty, but only after a long, and embarrassing delay. The Supremacy Clause in the U.S. Constitution raises this Treaty to the status of supreme Law throughout America. "A number of pertinent Texas State laws also appear to have been violated, among them a host of provisions in the Texas Penal Code," Mitchell argued. "It is a criminal offense in Texas to engage in deadly conduct," he added. In many States, deadly conduct is also known as reckless endangerment, and falls under the doctrine of criminal negligence. "No matter what rumors might have been circulating about David Koresh, there is no evidence whatsoever that he, or any of his family of associates, ever waived their fundamental Right to due process of law," Mitchell argued. "Torching that building was tantamount to summary punishment, which is strictly forbidden by the U.S. Constitution." Mitchell is known for having brought an unpublicized suit against the City of San Marcos, and other official co-defendants in central Texas, for organized government abuses of the Social Security Number ("SSN"). Mitchell alleged felony violations of federal laws, when he was arrested, and denied essential services, for refusing to disclose an SSN. See 42 U.S.C. 408. The verified criminal complaint in that case charged the owners of a telephone answering service with deadly conduct, for a written policy of scheduling tow trucks ahead of medical calls made from hospital emergency rooms and intensive care units. A local fire captain was the co-owner of that answering service. "The people I met in central Texas," Mitchell added, "were almost too horrified to think straight about the violent deaths of these children. Heavy psychological defense mechanisms appeared to dominate, whenever I would broach the subject with residents I met there." "I am one of many Americans who have seen the film footage of SWAT team members climbing a ladder to the second story window of the Branch Davidian Complex. It is clear to me, from the sheer volume of gun fire at this precise moment, that those officers failed to do everything possible to protect the safety of the children there, to say nothing of the adults who also perished," Mitchell added. Mitchell is here referring to video coverage of the siege, showing an exchange of gun fire after SWAT team members had reached a one-story roof. One officer's gun appears to misfire into his own leg, and bullet holes can be seen forming in the wall adjacent to a second-story window. Separate footage appears to show flames spewing from the cannon of a tank, after it had punctured a large hole in the building's exterior wall, near ground level. Mitchell has also authorized electronic messages to certain Internet contacts, to express his intent to intervene, on behalf of the People of the USA, in the wrongful death case which is already proceeding in federal court. "The application of these human Rights treaties is an exercise which should clarify the historical record, and pinpoint the responsible parties," Mitchell urged. A final decision on his application for leave to intervene, must await careful consideration by the current parties to that litigation, and their counsel. Paul Andrew Mitchell can be reached via email services at the Supreme Law Library on the Internet: http://supremelaw.org. # # #
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