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Testimony", May 24, 1995
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*   An FBI psychological profile, prepared before the attack, called Vicki
*   Weaver the "dominant member" of the family, thus implying that if she
*   were "neutralized" everyone else might surrender.

Horiuchi shot Weaver's wife in the head while she held her baby.

Her head exploded.

Her dead body was laid out on the cabin floor, covered with a blanket:

*   The CATO Institute, "Congressional Testimony", May 24, 1995
*   
*   During the next week, "the FBI used megaphones to taunt the family.
*   'Good Morning Mrs. Weaver. We had pancakes for breakfast. What did
*   you have?'" asked the FBI agents in at least one exchange.
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*   Weaver's daughter, Sarah, 16, said the baby, Elisheba, was often
*   crying for her mother's milk when the FBI messages were heard.

The Justice Department's own report recommended criminal prosecution of
federal agents; the surviving Weavers won $3.1 million in civil damages
from U.S. taxpayers.

Deval Patrick, the Assistant Attorney General for civil rights, and
Louis Freeh, Director of the FBI, took no serious action.

Larry Potts was the senior official in charge of the operation. Not only
was he not prosecuted, Freeh promoted him to acting deputy FBI director.

*   "Documents Were Destroyed as FBI Resisted Siege Investigation, Report Says"
*   By David Johnston, July 16, 1995
*   
*   Mr. Pott's former subordinate Michael Kahoe admitted he destroyed key
*   documents on the Ruby Ridge assault. The Justice department reports
*   documents were destroyed and missing. "We are t