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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)
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From: bcstec!shuksan!major@uunet.UU.NET (Mike Schmitt)

> From: tighe@hydra.convex.com (Mike Tighe)
  
>> Specially trained Military Police/CID and/or
>> Counterintelligence/counter-terrorist agents - and they usually carry
>> UZI's.

> So, to repeat the question, were these people civilians? If not, why were
> they wearing civilian clothes? And if they were the people you mentioned,
> why weren't they carrying Uzi's as you stated?

  1.  They were not civilians. 
  2.  CID and CI Special Agents wear civilian clothes as their 'day-to-day'
      "uniform".  Therefore, they can perform their duties without the
      hinderance of "rank".
  3.  They prefered to carry the CAR-15 (I did.) 


  mike schmitt