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Cross-examination by Defense Attorney
Gerry Spence:
Spence:
“The people that get on these
[hostage rescue] teams are people who know they are going to be trained
to
shoot other human beings, aren’t they?”
Rogers: “Well,
that’s
certainly part of it.”
Spence: “And they know
when they volunteer that they may have to kill a citizen?”
Rogers: “Or a
terrorist.”
Spence: “....Now listen, we’re going
to be here a long time. Just answer my question, and we’ll get
along. Would you expect [your snipers] to hit somebody in the
head every time at two
hundred yards with a ten-power scope?”
Rogers: “If they’re
not moving."
Spence: “....Would there
be any reason why, if Mr. Weaver was standing next to the front door of
his
home and screaming at the top of his lungs, that nobody could hear him
cry out
that his wife had been killed?”
Rogers: “Well, sir,
clearly it didn’t happen.”
Spence: ....“If there were booby traps,
the children and the dog and the
chickens and all the rest running around the yard must have a very good
knowledge of where they are, so they [didn’t] step on them?”
Spence: ....“So you knew that under
these rules of engagement, a true
ambush had been set up by the federal government, isn’t that true?”
Rogers: “Of course
not.”
Spence: “Did you use
that rule of engagement at Waco?”
Rogers: “Judge, you know, I
resent the implication that man has made concerning Waco.
[Addressing Spence:] Are you aware
of the fact that no shots were fired at Waco?”
Cross-examination by Defense Attorney
Ellie Matthews:
Matthews:
[Did you consider in your strategy the
laws of the
state of Idaho?]
Rogers: “In what
regard, sir?”
Matthews: “In
establishing your rules of engagement.”
Rogers: “No, sir. I
don’t operate -under state law. I operate under federal law, which
supersedes
state law.”
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