A furious Janet Reno ordered federal marshals to the headquarters of the FBI to impound new, previously undisclosed evidence relating to the 1993 Branch Davidian assault near Waco, Texas.

In Panama late Wednesday night, Attorney General Reno expressed total anger over the development, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned from one eyewitness.

"Her face was flushed, she was clearly shaken," the eyewitness told the DRUDGE REPORT.

Washington was rocked Wednesday night just hours after federal marshals took custody of infrared tapes recorded during the early morning of April 19 when incendiary tear gas canisters were lobbed at a concrete bunker adjacent to the Branch Davidians' compound.

The tapes capture conversation between agents giving the OK to use gas on the compound.

The recording contains the voices of agents asking for and receiving authorization from their operational commanders at Waco.

The new material, found in the offices of the FBI's Hostage Rescue Team in Quantico, Va., was transferred to FBI headquarters in Washington -- where it was seized.

FBI Director Louis Freeh's has issued a mandate that all FBI files be searched for relevant information on Waco.

"The recording is on the audio track of an infrared videotape that picked up heat images from inside the compound," the NEW YORK TIMES is rushing in a Thursday Page One lead, according to publishing sources. The tape was made by an aircraft flying over the site at the time the tear-gas canisters were launched at the bunker, according to the report.

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