1.   But prompted by the disclosure this week of government inventories listing weapons used in the assault, FBI officials acknowledged on Wednesday that some pyrotechnic canisters were used.

2.   But prompted by government inventories used in the assault that were discovered recently in related civil lawsuits, FBI officials acknowledged this week that some pyrotechnic canisters were used.

3.   For six years, Attorney General Janet Reno and FBI officials have adamantly denied the use of the pyrotechnic canisters.

4.   Reports about the two pyrotechnic canisters were first carried by The Dallas Morning News this week based on an interview with a former senior FBI official.

5.   The use of at least two pyrotechnic canisters became public in an inventory list of equipment used in the raid that surfaced in a wrongful-death lawsuit.

6.   They have said the pyrotechnic canisters bounced off the roof of a concrete bunker and rolled harmlessly into a field hours before the blaze began.