The White House has withheld one document from a federal court and may decide to withhold other documents that it claims are subject to "executive privilege."

Federal Judge Walter Smith of Waco, Texas, presiding over the wrongful-death lawsuit by the Branch Davidians, had demanded that the government turn over all documents to his court after he found out that he had been repeatedly lied to and misled by attorneys representing the federal government.

He had set a deadline of November 1, for the government to deliver the documents or face contempt of court. But attorneys for the government again showed up and asked for more time. Judge Smith did not accept their excuses and angrily warned Tuesday that the government faces contempt proceedings within two weeks if its lawyers do not surrender every federal document relating to the Branch Davidian standoff.

"The court is not unmindful that the government waits not only until the last day, but until the last minute, to respond to every order this court has issued. That practice causes the court to be suspect of the government's desire to comply with its orders," Judge Walter S. Smith Jr. wrote in an order denying a government request for another month to complete the turnover.

At a press conference following a Washington screening of the soon-to-be-released documentary "Waco: A New Revelation," T. March Bell, who was a member of the 1995 House Waco investigation staff, suggested that First Lady Hillary Clinton was trying to put pressure on Attorney General Janet Reno to end the Branch Davidian standoff -- a standoff that ended in violence.

It could be the role of Hillary Clinton that the White House is trying to hide.

Published in the Nov. 8, 1999 issue of The Washington Weekly. Copyright © 1999 The Washington Weekly (http://www.federal.com). Reposting permitted with this message intact.
From: http://www.federal.com/nov08-99/Story01.html

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