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* included, for the first time, Department of Justice attorney representation on the Shooting Incident Review Group. Critical Incident Response Group The third and most significant major change I made is the creation of the Critical Incident Response Group ("cirg"), which I established in 1994. I have provided to the Subcommittee a handout describing cirg and its responsibilities. I request that it be made part of the record. Without question, Ruby Ridge demonstrated that the FBI's crisis management structure was inadequate and terribly flawed. The new cIrg ensures the FBi's experienced senior leadership's responsibility and directly establishes accountability on specific individuals, including myself, for crisis management. cirg fully integrates crisis negotiators and the Hrr and joins them at the. same level under a unified command. The structure which I have overseeing the process. As a part of that integration, I have ordered that, whenever HRr deploys on a mission, cIRg negotiators will deploy with them. The members of the HRT are not commandos. They are Special any FBI Special Agent, the members of the HRT carry badges and handcuffs. Their objective is identical to that of law enforcement. 13