Specter subcommittee issues Ruby Ridge report

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The Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations investigated the armed assault by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents on the Weaver family cabin in Ruby Ridge Idaho. The committee concluded that several errors by agents led to needless deaths.

Police shootings, United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United States. Congress. Senate. Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations

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"That letter is a typographical error." (FBI agent Herbert Byerly's cross-examination)

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FBI agent Herbert Byerly fell under intense scrutiny during the Senate hearing on the Ruby Ridge incident. The focal point of Byerly's cross-examination was a letter he sent which falsely accused Randy Weaver of participating in several bank robberies.

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Ruby Ridge: federal law enforcement on trial

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The Senate conducted an investigation on the Ruby Ridge incident, which occurred in Aug. 1992. The investigation spurred stirring questions over federal law enforcement practices.

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