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If not, then why does everybody now admit that there were tactical munitions canisters called CBU-15s, and that they were in-country?
The NYT cites law enforcement officials saying that the tape supports their account that the canisters bounced harmlessly off the bunker's roof and hence could not have started the subsequent lethal fire, and also points out that nobody in law enforcement, including Reno, has suggested that the tear-gas devices contributed to the fire.
Though the FBI director and Attorney General Janet Reno have ordered a renewed inquiry into the events, they still deny that the tear gas canisters could have caused the blaze--they were fired, apparently to no effect, hours before the fire began.
The NYT does report that a second videotape, released yesterday, supports the government's claim that the tear gas canisters did not penetrate the bunker, and that Sen. John D. Danforth, a Republican from Missouri, has agreed to lead Reno's investigation into a possible FBI cover-up.
Instead, "America is now spending $7 billion a year defending itself against backpack nuclear bombs, canisters of nerve gas and petri dishes of germ weapons planted in crowded cities by an as-yet-unknown adversary."