attorney general, for six years i remember when you were with janet reno and deputy attorney general. we fought to get documents. we had a difficult time. you said here today that there's certain documents that you will not give us because of the separation of powers. now, we've been down that road before, and we got them. but we had to threaten that we would have a contempt citation in congress. this is not just during the reno administration but gonzalez as well. we got the documents. i think you're hiding behind something here that won't stand up. you ought to give us the documents. we received 6,000 documents with redactio redactions. i know that's an old school policy, send them up here and cross out everything of relevance and let us try to figure out what it is. you dump them on us friday night so the staff can't do anything with them unless they stay over the weekend 10, 12, 14 hours. i've been down that road, too. there's 93,000 documents, 93,000 documents that you're not giving this committee and saying, well, the separation of powers prohibit you from doing that. that's bol

that night attorney general janet reno, who had approved the fbi raid, said it was intended to preventd koresh. >> at the time we made the best decision i think we could based on everything that we knew. based on what we know now, it was obviously wrong. >> there were aftershocks. to extremists like timothy mcveigh, waco was a call to arms. he would bomb the federal building in oklahoma city, exactly two years later, killing 168 people. >> his feeling was, this is a war between the people and the government. the government won at waco, but we won bigger at oklahoma city. >> remarkably, neither clive doyle nor shelia martin blame the fbi. to them the fire, the deaths, their grief, it was all part of a bigger plan by a much bigger power. >> god permitted it to work out the way it did. he didn't stop it. >> we don't want to feel that something horrible is something good, but that's what we're supposed to have that faith, that if something happens, you trip, you fall, you -- you trust god has a reason for it. >> i guess, sheila, is the fact that something horrible did happen and i'm not se

attorney general, for six years i remember when you were with janet reno and the deputy attorney general, and we fought to get documents. and we had a difficult time. you've said here today that there's certain documents that you will not give us because of the separation of powers. now, we've been down that road before, and we got them. but we had to threaten that we would have a contempt citation in congress. this is not just during the reno administration, but during gonzales as well. and we got the documents. so i think you're hiding behind something here that will not stand up. so you ought to give us the documents. now, we received 6,000 documents with redactions, and i know that's an old, old school policy, you know, send 'em up here and cross out everything of relevance and let us try to figure out what it is. and you dump 'em on us on friday night so that the staff here can't do anything with them unless they stay over the weekend and work 10, 12, 14 hours. i've within down that -- i've been down that road too. now, there's 93,000 documents that you're not giving this committee.

for six years, remember when you were with janet reno and the deputy attorney general, and we fought to get documents, and we had a difficult time. the center today that there are certain documents that you will not give us because of the separation of powers. we have been down the road before. and we got them, but we had to threaten that we would have a contempt citation in congress. this is not just during reno administration, but during gonzales as well. and we got the documents. so i think you are hiding behind something here that will not stand up. so you ought to give us the documents. now we have received 6000 documents with reductions, and i know that is an old school policy. send them up here in cross out everything of relevance and let us try to figure out what it is. and you dump them on us on friday night so that the staff here cannot do anything with them unless they stay over the weekend and were 10, 12, 14 hours. i have been down that road, too. there are 93,000 documents that you are not giving this committee, and you are saying the separation of powers prohibit you f

for six years, remember when you were with janet reno and the deputy attorney general, and we foughto get documents, and we had a difficult time. the center today that there are certain documents that you will not give us because of the separation of powers. we have been down the road before. and we got them, but we had to threaten that we would have a contempt citation in congress. this is not just during reno administration, but during gonzales as well. and we got the documents. so i think you are hiding behind something here that will not stand up. so you ought to give us the documents. now we have received 6000 documents with reductions, and i know that is an old school policy. send them up here in cross out everything of relevance and let us try to figure out what it is. and you dump them on us on friday night so that the staff here cannot do anything with them unless they stay over the weekend and were 10, 12, 14 hours. i have been down that road, too. there are 93,000 documents that you are not giving this committee, and you are saying the separation of powers prohibit you fro

division and deputy assistant district attorney general for civil rights under attorney general janet reno. aag perez addressed this group last winter and we're delighted he accepted our invitation again to address your group. we asked him to talk about the enforcement priorities of 2012 and how communication between doj and the states will take place on issues related to the section 203 language minority changes, the nvra section 7 activity, preclearance requests and move wafers. please -- move waivers. please join me in welcoming assistant attorney general tom perez. [applause] >> thanks for having me. good afternoon. it is great to be back here. i was here friday talking with the election directors and it was a very productive session and i look forward to this as well. i remember our meeting a year ago and that was also very productive and i want to thank you at the outset for all of your hard work. we all have a shared interest and i know we take that responsibility insure the right to vote very seriously, whether it is in the move act context, whether it is in the nvra context, every