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...make their tactical case, officials had to depend on their intelligence from inside the compound, but as Koresh grew more paranoid it was harder to gather. The atf had an undercover agent inside before the original raid, but his shooting skills on the target range may have aroused suspicion. After negotiating to send in milk, magazines and a typewriter, they tucked in tiny listening devices as well to help them monitor Koresh's moods. But cult members were said to have found the bugs and destroyed them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Branch Davidians: Oh, My God, They're Killing Themselves! | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...what to do with these companies, then he's probably going to be walking a very fine line," Rohatyn warns. "There is both the possibility and the perception that that could occur. And he's dealing with a set of clients in Hollywood that is far more paranoid than anything I deal with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Ultimate Mogul | 4/19/1993 | See Source »

...work is often thankless, but every so often a case upholds the promise of Gideon. Earlier this month Frank White, 36, a tall, muscular man covered with tattoos, landed in L.A. County court, accused of murdering a tiny Korean woman with his bare fists. White, diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, refused to take his medication and grew angry when the deputies would not remove his handcuffs. White glared as he stalked into the courtroom and dropped heavily into the seat beside public defender Mark Windham. Without a word, Windham slid his chair closer to his explosive client until they were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Trials of the Public Defender | 3/29/1993 | See Source »

...second quarter, I've calmed down--but only a little. Can the people sitting around me read my writing? Can I read it? The half begins to wind down, and just as I begin to think that I'm being paranoid, Mike Dowling asks me if I'm actually from Channel 4. Before I can answer, the Bucks' Eric Murdock hits a three-pointer at the buzzer. Dowling is distracted, then he starts talking to someone else. I'm saved, at least momentarily...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: A Night at the Boston Garden | 3/16/1993 | See Source »

...blond offered to let me see her notes, but as she glanced at mine, she said she wasn't sure we were working on the same type of story. Indeed. She has things like "3 sec-violation - Lohaus." I have paranoid ravings and incoherent exclamations...

Author: By Seth Mnookin, | Title: A Night at the Boston Garden | 3/16/1993 | See Source »

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