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### March 1993: Virginia and Waco
*Defense Electronics* reported in July 1993 that "in a series of closed meetings beginning March 17 in suburban Northern Virginia with Dr. Igor Smirnov of the Moscow Medical Academy, FBI officials were briefed" on his decade of research, "a few weeks before" the April 19 fire at Waco. An unnamed participant said "it was suggested to us [by other federal officials] that they bring in the FBI, which was looking for a viable option to deal with Koresh." The account, which the article said was confirmed by an executive summary memorandum of [[Psychotechnologies Corp.]], a Richmond, Virginia firm owning the American rights to the technology, described the siege as "an ongoing domestic hostage situation." After several meetings the FBI officials, who "repeatedly expressed fears" that [[David Koresh]] and his followers were suicidal, asked for a proposal describing requirements and procedures for use at Waco. "They wanted the Russians to promise zero risk," the participant said, "but the Russians wouldn't do that"; and Smirnov had brought only "entry-level equipment," with more sophisticated hardware to be "rushed over from Russia." Officials of the CIA, the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] and the [[Advanced Research Projects Agency]] were also present, according to the source; spokesmen for those agencies did not return calls.[^2]
*Defense Electronics* reported in July 1993 that "in a series of closed meetings beginning March 17 in suburban Northern Virginia with Dr. Igor Smirnov of the Moscow Medical Academy, FBI officials were briefed" on his decade of research, "a few weeks before" the April 19 fire at Waco. An unnamed participant said "it was suggested to us [by other federal officials] that they bring in the FBI, which was looking for a viable option to deal with Koresh." The account, which the article said was confirmed by an executive summary memorandum of [[Psychotechnologies Corp.]], a Richmond, Virginia firm owning the American rights to the technology, described the siege as "an ongoing domestic hostage situation." After several meetings the FBI officials, who "repeatedly expressed fears" that [[David Koresh]] and his followers were suicidal, asked for a proposal describing requirements and procedures for use at Waco. "They wanted the Russians to promise zero risk," the participant said, "but the Russians wouldn't do that"; and Smirnov had brought only "entry-level equipment," with more sophisticated hardware to be "rushed over from Russia." Officials of the CIA, the [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] and the [[DARPA|Advanced Research Projects Agency]] were also present, according to the source; spokesmen for those agencies did not return calls.[^2]
Non-military attendees at the Virginia meetings and at a series of later briefings by "the two Russians" at the [[University of Kansas Medical Center]] in [[Topeka]] included [[Richard Nakamura]] of the [[National Institute of Mental Health]] and "Dr. Christopher Green, director of General Motors Corp. (GM) biomedical research department in [[Detroit]]." A GM spokesman said Green attended in his capacity as a member of a National Academy of Sciences panel on 21st-century Army technologies and that "this has no connection to anything being done by GM." Dr. [[Fowler Jones]] of the University of Kansas Medical Center's psychology division said the session was "really more of a presentation than an actual demonstration because, unfortunately, a lot of the software we couldn't get going," and that he and colleagues were seeking funding to test the technology in the treatment of alcoholism and other addictions.[^2] The Green named in the article is identified in the page for [[Kit Green]].