Body armor bullshit

[Robert Pirani]

At 01:48 PM 6/14/00 -0400, you wrote:
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Robert Norton [mailto:rnorton at unm.edu]
>>Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 11:16 AM
>>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>>Subject: Body armor bullshit
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>>If you watch the tapes you can see one of the BATF officers 
>>shooting his
>>two teammates who went in through a window while his back was 
>>turned. When
>>he turned around he saw movement through the window and 
>>sprayed the room
>>with MP-5 fire. Both of the other agents died and the coroner's reports
>>were classified to keep anyone from being able to match the 
>>bullets removed
>>from them with  the other agent's weapon. 
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>I hadn't been aware that vidiotape can record motives
>and intentions.  
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>Mitchell Coffey
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Where in the quote you included does it mention anything about motives or
intentions ? The bit about "when he saw movement" would seem to imply some
sort of too quick trigger reflex rather than intention, don't you think ?

Sorry if I'm jumping in without understanding the full context.

Robert