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   SGAO
        Accountabiity I Integry * Reliability
United States General Accounting Office                              National Security and
Washington, DC 20548                                          International Affairs Division





         B-286114

         August 21, 2000

         The Honorable Dan Burton
         Chairman, Committee on
            Government Reform
         House of Representatives

         Subject: Department of Defense: Military Assistance During the Branch
            Davidian Incident

         Dear Chairman Burton:

         As you requested, we have reviewed the July 26, 2000, Department of Defense (DOD)
         response to your inquiry regarding the Army's delivery of 250 rounds of high
         explosive ammunition to agents of the FBI during their standoff with the Branch
         Davidians at Waco, Texas, in 1993. As you know, we issued a report on the military
         assistance provided to law enforcement agencies at Waco'. That report dealt with the
         requirements for authorizing military support to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and
         Firearms and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as well as the type, costs, and
         reimbursements of the military support that was provided. One of the items we
         identified in our report as being provided to the FBI was 250 rounds of high
         explosive, 40mm grenade launcher ammunition.

         Specifically, you asked DOD to explain the purported delivery of these high explosive
         rounds. In your letter to us, you asked whether we would change any of the findings
         or opinions expressed in our August 1999 report based on DOD's response. To
         respond to your inquiry, we reviewed DOD's response in relation to relevant
         documents gathered during the course of our earlier review.

         RESULTS OF OUR ANALYSIS

         From our review of DOD's response to your inquiry and related documents, we
         concluded that our August 26, 1999 report remains an accurate reflection of our
         findings and does not need to be modified. The relevant findings in our August report
         were that (1) the ammunition in question qualified as military support for a civilian

         'Department of Defense: Military Assistance Provided at the Branch Davidian Incident
         (GAO/NSIAD/OSI-99-133, Aug. 26, 1999).


GAO/NSIAD-00-240R Branch Davidian Incident

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