Date: Sun, 12 Mar 1995 00:53:57 -0500
From: alerts@gatekeeper.nra.org (NRA Alerts)
To: firearms-alert@shell.portal.com
Subject: INFO: Letter from Senator Craig to Janet Reno in re military training of LE Personnel


UNITED STATES SENATE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20510

March 7, 1995

Honorable Janet Reno
U.S. Attorney General
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C. 

Dear Attorney General Reno:

We would appreciate your help in verifying and clarifying some
reports we have heard recently concerning military training of
federal law enforcement personnel.

Is such training being given to federal law enforcement agencies? 
In particular, have there been such training activities by Joint
Task Force Six, headquartered at Fort Bliss, Texas?

If the answer to either question is yes, we would like a detailed
description of these training activities, including:  who
authorized the training, how participants were chosen, who they
were, why the training was given, what skills or information were
covered and what authority supports the legality of such training.

You are doubtless aware of the concerns being raised in many
quarters about what is perceived as the growing militarization of
our domestic law enforcement agencies.  Your assistance in
providing this information would help to respond to these concerns
both inside and outside Congress.

Thank you for your earliest possible attention to this request.

Sincerely,

Larry E. Craig                   Lauch Faircloth
United States Senator            United States Senator
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