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...interview early in William Gazecki's documentary on the fiasco in Waco, a Branch Davidian makes one desperate plea: "I hope that nobody jumps to conclusions." Waco: The Rules of Engagement means to fulfill this wish...
...when the Branch Davidian compound burned to the ground, a vast majority of Americans assumed that the conduct of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was just, David Koresh was a religious fanatic, and the Branch Davidians were a legitimate threat to the public. But this tale was told from only one perspective...
...drifted, living in motels, visiting Fortier and Nichols. According to Stickney, McVeigh took methamphetamines, and he began to frequent gun shows. The prosecution hopes to show that during that period he became more and more bitter about the Federal Government. When the FBI raided the Branch Davidian compound on April 19, 1993, precisely two years before the Oklahoma bombing, McVeigh was outraged. In March of 1993, he made a pilgrimage to Waco that, by chance, another visitor recorded on video. Sources tell TIME that photographs show McVeigh near Waco handing out bumper stickers that asked, IS YOUR CHURCH ATF APPROVED...
...drug tycoon Juan Garcia Abrego. And she has revitalized Justice's antitrust, civil rights and environment divisions. But she has also failed to harness her popularity to win important legislative battles, such as expanding the FBI's wiretap authority. Her darkest day remains the deadly assault on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas; its devastating effect on the morale of the FBI continues to haunt the agency...
...Texas in 1980, Stockman unseated 42-year incumbent Jack Brooks in 1994 with a shrewd one-issue campaign--opposing gun control--that resonated with the district's large gun-owning population. In Congress Stockman has drawn fire for such positions as calling the Waco raid on the Branch Davidian compound a ploy by federal agencies to build support for the assault-weapons...