Potts was in charge of Ruby Ridge and also at Waco.
http://www.davekopel.com/waco/arts/rrprosec.htm
“Consider Larry Potts, the Washington FBI headquarters man in charge of Ruby Ridge.
The prosecutors investigated Larry Potts for approving the dramatic change in the “rules of engagement” for the FBI’s siege of the Weaver family’s remote Idaho cabin in August, 1992. According to the official FBI guidelines, deadly force is allowed only when necessary to protect someone against immediate danger. The rules of engagement are not based on the whims of FBI officials, or even on the acts of Congress. Instead, the limits on deadly force are implicit in the Constitution, and therefore decreed by the Supreme Court.
At Ruby Ridge, Idaho, the normal, constitutional rules of engagement were changed; the new rules were orders to kill any armed adult male seen on the Weavers’ property. The non-prosecution of Larry Potts is based on a disputed fact: it cannot be proven that Potts approved the order saying FBI agents “can and should” shoot. “
Thanks, I didn’t realize that.
From what I can tell it sounds like Potts later on may have also had some involvement in Filegate although his role was never fully investigated. Sounds like another real seedy character.