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...Brady law and assault-weapons ban. The militias especially blame the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for the movement's twin tragedies: the deaths of white supremacist Randy Weaver's wife and son in a 1992 Idaho confrontation and the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians' compound in Waco, Texas, that resulted in the deaths of 82 cult members, including leader David Koresh. Mark Koernke, a prominent militia member who produces videos promoting patriot ideas and goes by the radio talk-show moniker of "Mark from Michigan," told assembled crowds at a Militia of Montana rally...
...Militia, along with members of other groups, has moved quickly to repudiate any connection with McVeigh or the bombing, the significance of the date on which it took place--April 19--was not lost on those familiar with the patriot movement. Says Ron Cole, a former leader of the Branch Davidian sect who describes himself as a patriot: "It's a date that has a significance like no other day of the year." On April 19, 1775, the Battle of Lexington--the opening salvos in America's Revolutionary War--began. On April 19, 1993, the siege at Waco ended...
...nitrate will fail to detonate--leaving investigators with good clues about the materials used to make the bomb. That is apparently what happened in California one morning in 1990, when a disgruntled engineer detonated a truck filled with 2,000 lbs. of his own batch of ANFO outside a branch office of the Internal Revenue Service. Fortunately, only a fraction of the compounds in the vehicle exploded, and no one was killed...
...University, "you're suddenly reminded that the presidency is an institution that people turn to in times of crisis and distress." Two years earlier to the day, Clinton had fumbled his handling of one of the first crises of his Administration, the fiery raid by federal agents of the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas. On that day, Clinton all but disappeared from public view, leaving it to Reno, his new Attorney General, to take charge and accept blame. Last week there was no blame to accept, but the significance of the moment was not lost on anyone...
...been picked up by a highway patrolman two days earlier on a traffic violation north of Oklahoma City. Two associates of McVeigh's were also taken into custody as potential witnesses. A possible motive: McVeigh was said to be obsessed with the Federal Government's 1993 assault on Branch Davidians near Waco, Texas. At week's end, as the fbi detained another suspect in San Bernardino, California, officials continued their investigation. Attorney General Janet Reno announced authorities would seek the death penalty for whoever is charged with the bombing...