Bystanders to Genocide   The Americans who wanted the United
States to do the most were those who knew Rwanda best. Joyce
Leader, Rawson's deputy in Rwanda, had been the one to close and
lock the doors to the U.S. embassy. When she returned to
Washington, she was given a small room in a back office and told
to prepare the State Department's daily Rwanda summaries,
drawing on press and U.S. intelligence reports. Incredibly,
despite her expertise and her contacts in Rwanda, she was rarely
consulted and was instructed not to deal directly with her
sources in Kigali. Once, an NSC staffer did call to ask, "Short
of sending in the troops, what is to be done?" Leader's
response, unwelcome, was "Send in the troops." Throughout the
U.S. government Africa specialists had the least clout of all
regional specialists and the smallest chance of effecting policy
outcomes. In contrast, those with the most pull in the
bureaucracy had never visited Rwanda or met any Rwandans. They
spoke analytically of "national interests" or