Word: waco
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DENVER: Jury selection continues under tight security in the Oklahoma City bombing case as the government braces for possible trouble Saturday, the anniversary of both Waco and the Murrah building bombing. "There's a U.S. Marshal on every corner, for 2-3 blocks in every direction," reports TIME's Pat Cole from the federal courthouse in Denver. "Air space over the court house is off limits, and if you stop to talk on the corner outside the courthouse, police tell you to keep moving." Jury selection is expected to conclude Tuesday, with opening statements to begin on Thursday. Despite...
...status is no indicator of susceptibility and no defense against it. For instance, while many of the dead at Jonestown were poor, the Solar Temple favors the carriage trade. Its disciples have included the wife and son of the founder of the Vuarnet sunglass company. The Branch Davidians at Waco came from many walks of life. And at Rancho Santa Fe they were paragons of the entrepreneurial class, so well organized they died in shifts...
...Number 858, described a fairly open mind, admitting that while he is aware of developments in the case, he had not yet made up his mind about McVeigh, suspects that co-conspirators may still be unidentified and believes the government acted too aggressively in handling the incidents at Waco and Ruby Ridge. But the first candidates for the jury left no doubt about their feelings as to the proper penalty if he is convicted. McVeigh s gaze grew steely as they told the lawyers that if he is convicted, he should face the death penalty. Selection of 12 jurors...
...computer hardware, at least forty modern-day monks designed and built web sites for businesses on the outside, including the San Diego Polo Club, a movie company, and a British maker of airline parts. On Wednesday, in three neatly planned shifts, they died. The world saw Jonestown, felt Waco, and cried cult. And this time, a cult for the information age. These days, the stereotype of the computer nerd has grown a bit stale. But it is precisely that stereotype--young, intelligent, socially inept--which stencils nicely onto the classic profile of a cult victim. Yet these...
...F.B.I. went about the messy business of explaining their mistake and justifying their extreme response. Officials explained that the report, received from a credible source (the description "credible" was repeated numerous times--justifications, Dr. Freud?), came only a few days before the fourth anniversary of the shootout near Waco, Tex., an ideal time for another incident. Furthermore, William Carter, spokesperson for the F.B.I. in Washington explained, "Recent tragedies resulting from criminal terrorist acts require a heightened vigilance...