Waco chronology, part 2/2
Paul L Schauble
The follow messages are a chronology of events leading up to fire and
the deaths of the Branch Davidians at Waco.
This is revision 2 of the Waco Chronology as produced by Eric Samuelson
from books, periodicals, tv shows, and consultation with individuals
directly involved with the government case against the Branch Dravidians.
He is soliciting additions and corrections, with the intention of making
this as accurate and complete as possible.
Eric Samuelson is a tax attorney in Austin, TX. He works mostly on
property tax cases and will only work in courts in which the judges are
elected not appointed. He is prominent in Texas for his work on the
Initiative Referendum. Now, he is concentrating his efforts to help
bring out the truth about Waco. To contact him, you may call him at
(512)-282-9262 if you have additional information to provide him
or have criticisms or suggestions.
Or send corrections to me and I will see that they are passed back
to Mr Samuelson.
In either case, please make sure that additions and corrections are given
with their source. If at all possible, the source should be publicly
available, such as a newspaper article or interview, a newscast, &c, and
should include enough information to locate the source material.
Warning: Much of this information is speculative, as it is hard to verify
the truth of the various claims made of the ATF and the Branch Dravidians.
The purpose of this chronology is the sharing of information on the
incident in to find out what really happened. If you are certain that
any claim is false or if Eric is omitting something, please let us know.
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In 1990 David Koresh tried to establish a branch of his sect in Israel
according to Rabbi Avraham Peled--who actively works to "win back"
Israelis and other Jews who join missionary sects. Koresh recruited 12
Israelis by promising them plane fares and music-connected jobs in
Waco. In the end he managed to obtain only one Israeli recruit, Pablo
Cohen (a South American Jew) who died in the fire on April 19,
1993.[[1]] Pablo Cohen, a "polyglotally monickered" Israeli
citizen was living in Chile before he became a Branch
Davidian.[[2]]
When Robyn Bunds led police up the stairs in the house in a Los
Angeles suburb, Koresh was found surrounded by twenty women. Koresh
lost his compsure. His voice quivered: "It showed how completely
dependent he was for his 'authority' upon their own unquestioning
acceptance."[[3]] Koresh surrounded himself with people who
devoutly believed in scripture. This allowed him to excuse his
otherwise intolerable behavior by quoting scripture. He was most
likely to recruit those without a wide-ranging understanding of the
Bible.[[4]] Control was exercised by the fear against "going
against a prophet." To make sure that unfavorable outside information
did not reach the faithful, a sealed, fortified, utterly impregnable
fortress was the solution..[[5]] Koresh stressed that the outside
world was evil.[[6]]
In 1990 Vernon Howell changed his name to David (King David) Koresh
(Hebrew for Cyrus).[[7]] The name change came in the Spring of
1990.[[8]] He once said that Koresh meant death--the rider on the
fourth pale horse.[[9]] He rebuilt the site with a siege in mind,
according to the McClennan County sheriff.[[10]] Former cult
members claimed he had sex with all the women in the cult while male
members were ordered to be celibate.[[11]] One night Marc
Breault said he stayed up and saw 13-year-old Alisha come out of
Koresh's room at 5:00 a.m. with tousled hair with a change in clothes
she did not have when she went in.[[12]]
The women and men became separated in the complex. Baby girls were
treated like garbage. Boys were needed for the army. Children were
forbidden from having any contact with their natural fathers. To
compensate the men for the loss of their wives and children, Koresh
gave them as much beer as they could drink.[[13]] Howell's
followers were required to observe Davidian rules regarding
vegetarianism, Sabbath-keeping, and hour-after-hour Bible study led by
their meat-eating leader.[[14]] Some of the Davidians wanted to
eat meat, like Koresh, but they would not go against him.[[15]]
A comment has been made that may apply both to the Davidians and U.S.
taxpayers: "People throw good money after bad. Once they've made an
investment, whether of emotion, time, money, or labor (and in the case
of the Branch Davidians, all of the above), rather than face the fact
that they've been made fools of, and cutting their losses and running,
they will continue to invest ever greater amounts of time, money,
emotions, and so on. (NP) If they just leave, what do they have to
show for all those years, all that money, all that loyalty, all that
willingness to believe?"[[16]] Korsh first separated the fathers
from the mothers. The children by age twelve were to move into
domitories with others of the same sex.[[17]]
It has been said that before Koresh turned the children "into ashes,
he dragged them through the mud."[[18]] Koresh, it is claimed,
had a "whipping room" and he told the children to refer to their
parents as "dogs." To himself alone was reserved the title
"Father."[[19]]
In February 1990 Marc Breault was in New Zealand.[[20]]
In May 1990, Breault made a second trip to New Zealand. leslie and
Poia Vaega defected from Howell.[[21]]
On May 15, 1990, Vernon Howell applied to a court in Pomona,
California for a change of name.[[22]]
In June 1990 Breault flew back to Waco to be ignored by the Waco
police department. Geoff Hossack, an Australian private investigator,
became involved.[[23]]
In July-August 1990, Robyn Bunds broke away from Howell. A raid at La
Verne yielded results. Three warrants, according to Hossack, for
statutory rape, were issued against Howell.[[24]] Jack Hackworth
participated in a raid on the Branch Davidian's property in La Verne,
California. Hackworth, who hated paedophiles with a passion, said
Howell was all trembling and scared: "No son of God here."[[25]]
In August 1990 affidavits were signed against Koresh by eight
Australians alleging: 1) Statutory rape, 2) Assault with a deadly
weapon, 3) Tax fraud, 4) Massive immigration violations, 5) Failure to
register the births of children, 6) Possession and carrying of
concealed weapons, 7) Food and water deprivation, 8) Child abuse, 9)
Failure to enroll children at school, 10) Plans to engage authorities
in a gun battle, 11) Fears of child sacrifices and 12) Exposing
children to explicit episodes of sex and violence.[[26]]
Evidence against Koresh included two video media stories and audio
tapes in which Koresh described sexual activities with under-aged
girls.[[27]]
On August 28, 1990 the Pomona court granted Vernon Howell's request to
change his name to David Koresh.[[28]] Koresh claimed to be the
Man on the White Horse--the Lion of Judah mentioned in Revelation.
"His reasoning was that he was a Leo!"[[29]]
In October 1990, Steve Schneider made a last futile appeal to the
members in Australia.[[30]]
Janet Reno, who would later claimed full responsibility for the April
19th assault, told a Florida meeting of the B'nai Brith in 1991 that
waiting periods were only a step, registration only a step, and the
prohibition of private ownership of firearms was the only solution to
controlling crime.[[31]] Janet Reno and Lloyd Bentsen are
permanent and alternative members, respectively, of INTERPOL. Article
30 of the INTERPOL constitution requires members to expatriate their
citizenship to the U.S.[[32]]
In June 1991, Koresh had a 29-year-old women punished after she began
to hear possibly competitive voices. She was imprisoned for four
months in one of the cottages under guard. Koresh, it is claimed,
told one of the guards: "If she gives you any trouble, fuck her." The
woman was repeatedly raped and beaten during the four months. Later,
while wandering the streets of San Francisco, she was committed to a
mental asylum.[[33]]
In June 1991, was the first confirmation of Kiri Jewell's danger. the
first rescue attempt failed.[[34]]
For more than a year Koresh had predicted an armed confrontation with
federal agents. He nicknamed the compound "Ranch Apocalypse." Some
$200,000 worth of weapons, thousands of rounds of ammunition and a
granade launcher were obtained.[[35]] The traced shopping list
included a 50 calibre machine gun and an M-76 grenade launcher.[[36]]
On December 30, 1991, the Australian program "A Current Affair" (not
related to U.S. version) interviewed the Austrailian Davidians. Martin
King was assigned to the story.[[37]]
On January 4, 1992, Koresh drank Miller beer, ate seafood, steak and
salad but not pork.[[38]]
On January 5, 1992, an interview with Robyn Bunds was made in
California and Koresh was interviewed at Mount Carmel.[[39]]
On January 7, 1992, the Vernonites received official notification of
the temporary custody order.[[40]]
In January-February 1992, final preparations were made for Kiri
Jewel's court hearing.[[41]]
Koresh forbade his wifes from talking to one another about him.
According to Marc Breault, when Koresh took a little girl to bed, "he
made sure the girl would leave his bedroom very early in the morning
before anyone in the camp got up." He confided to Bresult: "I'll be
put in jail for this one day." Once when someone talked about child
sex behind his back, Koresh said that in the future such talk would
result in the offender having their tongue torn out.[[42]]
On February 27, 1992, Joyce Sparks of the Texas Department of Human
Services in Waco arrived unannounced at Mont Carmel to investigate a
complaint from outside Texas that Koresh was running a commune and
abusing young girls.[[43]] Sparks spoke to Rachel Koresh's wife
and a few children without notingg any armed watchstanders. A few
weeks later she returned to the property and was escorted on a tour by
David Koresh. She then filed a report saying that the charges were not
verified.[[44]]
From March until June 1992, David Block was a member of the Branch
Davidian cult. He pointed a finger at a potentially dangerous
mechanical engineer, lathe operator, gunsmith and designer who was
still inside the complex--Don Bunds. Block told Aguilia that he had
seen Bunds sitting in front of the computer with an auto-cad program
designing a "grease gun" or "Sten gun." This was a machine gun type
weapon from World War II.[[45]]
On April 6, 1992, Ms. Sparks returned to Mount Carmel. She said that
Koresh had told her he was a Messanger of God, that the world was
coming to an end, and that when God reveals himself "the riots in Los
Angeles would pale in comparison to what was going to happen in Waco,
Texas." In a "military-type operation" "all non-believers" would have
to suffer. However, the riots in Los Angeles did not break out until
April 30, 1992.[[46]] When Sparks returned for another visit,
Koresh explained that the buried school bus was used for target
practice so as not to disturb the neighbors.[[47]]
Around May 1992, NBC aired "In the Line of Duty...Manhunt in the
Dakotas." This program sought to dispel rumors of government
wrongdoing in the murder of Gordon Kahl.[[48]]
In May of 1992, Larry Gilbreath of the UPS discovered 50 empty hand
grenades after a package accidently broke open while he was loading
it.[[49]] Gilbreath of UPS notified Lt. Barber of the delivery
of "suspicious parcels" to David Koresh and Mike
Schroeder.[[50]] Schroeder had been chosen by Koresh to
accompany him in a band.[[51]] Gilbreath had attempted to make a
delivery COD to the MagBag (a car restoration service of the
Davidians) but he had been told to go on to Mount Carmel to make the
deliveries. He saw several manned observation posts and believed the
observers were armed.[[52]] Gilbreath also told Lt. Barber that
two cases of inert hand grenades and black gun powder were delivered
by him to MagBag in May 1992 but the source was unknown to him. He
also knew that "90 pounds of aluminum powder and 30-40 cardboard
tubes" as well as other "ordnance" were shipped to Mount
Carmel.[[53]]
On June 4, 1992, the ATF-dubbed "Operation Showtime" began when
Special Agent David Aguilera of ATF met with Lt. Gene Barber of the
McLennan County Sheriff's office.[[54]] Aguilera was furnished
with recently taken aerial photographs of the Mount Carmel Church
which had been taken by CPT Dan Weyenberg of the McLennan County
Sheriff's Department.[[55]]
In July 1992, when the AFT checked a local gun store and found records
of Branch Davidians gun purchses, Koresh, contacted by the store owner
(Henry McMahon), offered the agents to come out to the complex and
check around for themselves. The offer was declined.[[56]]
A helicopter that was attempting to dump fuel on the Randy Weaver
cabin was stopped only by an alert reporter waving a camera in the
air.[[57]]
Around November 1992 was the last date that Rosenblatt heard from
Koresh in a letter that said Koresh would certainly be in Israel for
Pesach (Passover).[[58]]
In the late summer of 1992, the ATF rented a house about 300 yards
down the road from Ranch Apocalypse for undercover agents.[[59]]
Two more explosions were observed at Mt. Carmel the first two weeks of
November. One was observed by a passing sheriff's deputy.[[60]]
On November 13, 1992, Aguilera of the ATF was told by Lt. Coy Jones of
the McLennan County Sheriff's office that another anonymous UPS
employee had said he had a relative who was a machinist who worked
with David Koresh. Aguilera speculated that the Davidians were making
machine guns.[[61]]
In January 1993, CS Gas was banned at the Chemical Weapons Convention
in Paris.
On January 4, 1993, the Jerusalem Post reported that a "hit team of
six Israelis" had been sent to wipe out Neo-Nazi leaders in Europe.
Baruch Ben-Yoseph said four of his activists were already in place in
Germany.
A little more than a month before the ATF raid, the sheriff had
determined there were no illegal weapons in the Branch Davidian
church. The sheriff, pursuant to a search warrant, had taken in all
the arms and then returned them after determining they were all legal
weapons. The BATF had stated that the presence of illegal weapons was
the reason for the massive assault on the church.[[62]]
On January 13, 1993, AFT agent Aguilera interviewed the UPS man who
told him that in May 1992 a package "accidently broke open" and had
about 50 pineapple hand grenades in it.[[63]]
On January 31, 1993, the Branch Davidians owed $3.275.88 in back taxes
based upon Mt. Carmel.[[64]]
During the early days of February 1993, Koresh was seen in several
places in Waco--including the Chelsea's pub where he watched bands and
had a few beers.[[65]] Three weeks before the assault, Koresh
was seen eating bean and cheese nachos at the Richland Mall (and had
been stopping by there about once a week from late January until the
middle of February).[[66]] Another store owner said he dropped
by about three or four times a week.[[67]]
On February 22, 1993, McCormick and England of the Waco Tribune Herald
called Koresh to answer some questions. They were told that Koresh was
working on a car at the Mag Bag--well down the road and definitely
away from the complex.[[68]]
A February 23, 1993 FBI memo, obtained by the Dallas Morning News,
stated that no information had been developed to verify Michigan
allegations of "child abuse and neglect, tax evasion, slavery and
reports of possible mass destruction."[[69]]
Jack Killorin, Washington ATF spokesman, concluded that Koresh "would
either launch an attack on Waco residents or instigate a mass
suicide."[[70]]
A few days before the first raid, undercover ATF Special Agent Robert
Rodriquez was contacted by Koresh and invited to a Bible study.
Rodriquez was told that the Davidians didn't "pay federal or local
taxes" and was shown a Gun Owners of America video which protrayed the
ATF was an agency that violated the rights of gun owners by threats
and lies. A local Waco judge (U.S. Magistrate Dennis Green) signed a
search warrant.[[71]]
On February 25, 1993, Judge Greene issued a search warrant based on
agent Aguilera's affidavit.[[72]]
By February 25, 1993, the ATF believed there was a leak in the
McClennan County Sheriff's office so the decision was made to bypass
local authorities. They intended to lure Koresh away from the complex
to avoid involving the women and children. But when they learned that
Koresh had been tipped off--they had to act immediately.[[73]]
The BATF dubbed its February raid "Operation Trojan Horse."[[74]]
On February 27, 1993, the media was told to get ready for a big
blowout and to get their TV cameras in place.[[75]]
On Saturday, February 27, 1993, the Waco Tribune-Herald began a series
of articles on the Branch Davidian "cult."[[76]] Prior to the
raid, reports said the Branch Davidians had kept to themselves and
harmed no one outside their church.[[77]] The ATF privately
criticized the Waco paper for begining to publish its series on
February 27, 1993, a day before the raid.[[78]]
Originally the AFT said they had an arrest warrant for Koresh and
a search warrant for the complex. Later it was shown they had no
arrest warrant.[[79]]
Before the raid, AFT agents told the Houston Post was told, the ATF
had practiced to where it took seven seconds to get out of the tarp-
covered cattle trailers and 12 seconds to get to the front
door.[[80]]
On August 28, 1993, the front page story for the Dallas Morning News
said that Waco KWTX cameraman Jim Peeler had told the AP that he had
had a February 28, 1993 conversation with a man (David Jones) in a
private car bearing U.S. Postal Service signs just before the raid and
had asked for directions to the Davidian complex.[[81]] Jones
had apparently stopped at a convenience store where he met a
journalist invited to cover the raid.[[82]] According to Dick
DeGuerin, Koresh told him the claim that the Davidians had gotten a
phone tip was merely a ruse to separate Koresh from an ATF undercover
agent. David Jones said that he was told to "get out of here" because
"they're going to have a big shoot out with the religious
nuts."[[83]] Jones received distinctions for markmanship in the
U.S. Air Force and was "the top gun."[[84]]
When Jones returned with news of the impending raid, Koresh was
talking to Robert Gonzales, the informant. Koresh told Gonzales:
"well, I guess its decision time for you, Robert." Gonzales
immediately fled the church, got in his car and sounded an alarm which
informed the ATF that he was clear of the church.[[85]]
The media had been waiting for three hours before the raid--from 7:00
a.m. that morning.[[86]]
On Sunday, February 28, 1993, at 8:30 a.m. over 100 agents of the ATF
stormed Mount Carmel.[[87]] The ATF arrived at 9:55
a.m.[[88]] They arrived in cattle trucks dressed in Nazi-style
kevlar helmets, black fatingues and jack boots. When they jumped off
the trucks "screaming like Ramo" they started firing at the door.
Koresh came to the door and started waving and shouting "stop it! stop
it!, there are women and children in here."[[89]] According to
the ATF, Koresh greeted them at the door clad in black and bearing a
rifle: "Neither ATF or the National Guard will ever get me. They got
me once, and they will never get me again. They are coming; the time
has come."[[90]]
On a CNN interview Koresh claimed the ATF shot first. Witnesses said
the ATF stormed the building, throwing concussion grenades and
shouted: "Come Out!" National Guard helicopters circled overhead. Two
helicopters and a news van were hit.[[91]] Two helicopters were
hit by the Davidians during the initial assault. One bulletin pierced
the cabin and whizzed by the head of Phllip J. Chojnacki who was the
man responsible for the operation.[[92]] Davdian David Thibodeau
said that gunfire came through the roof and one Koreshian died in his
bed while holding a piece of French toast.[[93]]
Ted Royster, head of the Dallas office of the ATF, said it appeared
"as though they were waiting for us."[[94]] In the continuing
hail of bullets, Koresh was wounded in his left shoulder. Perry Jones,
Koresh's 72-year-old father-in-law, was mortally wounded in the hall.
Jones was once called "the kindest man and a perfect
gentleman."[[95]]
What was planned to be a 2-minute operation instead lasted 45 minutes.
Four ATF agents were killed and 16 wounded.[[96]] All four of
the ATF casulaties and at least nine of the reported injuries were the
result of accidental discharges, detonations and incidental friendly
crossfire that principally came from three armed Texas National Guard
helicopters.[[97]]
Six men participated in the assault on the Davidian armory. Three
lived to tell about it. Bill Buford, a special ATF agent from Little
Rock, Arkansas, had been a Green Beret in Vietnam during the 1960s. He
participated in the 1985 standoof with the heavily armed group called
The Covenant. His Little Rock colleague, Robert J. "Robb" Williams,
26, was on the armory assault team along with New Orleans office
agents Conway LeBieu, 30, and Todd McKeehan, 28. A dozen other members
of the New Orleans office supported them on the race for the side of
the building. The smallest team involved in the raid took the most
casualties.[[98]]
The ATF agents scaled a ladder to the roof, broke through a window and
entered the church building. The original tape, confiscated by the
government (the media was given an edited version), showed the ATF
agents hurling concussion hand grenades through the window. Since the
women and children had been sent to the bedrooms, the hand grenades
went off upstairs where the women and children were staying. The
Davidians took up arms, captured four agents and killed 2 (the other
agents were killed outside. One Davidian entered the room where the
ATF agents had entered and a point-blank firefight ensued. One ATF
agent was killed and another mortally wounded. Fire from the wounded
agent's 9 mm automatic missed the confronting Davidian and after
exiting an exterior wall hit an ATF agent on the roof. Some Davidians
vaulted into the living room and began firing into the roof.[[99]]
Ted Koppel, on ABC Nightline, played exerpts from a tape made on
February 28, 1993 of a conversation between Koresh lawyer Wayne Martin
and McLennan County Deputy Sheriff Robert Lynch. Lynch told Martin to
stop the Davidians from firing on the AFT agents. "Oh God! The
helicopter's coming in for another pass!" said martin.The sound of
automatic gunfire could then be heard. "Stop shooting! Stop shooting!
Stop Shooting! Lynch screamed into the 911 line. "it's not us; it's
them! screamed Martin back. "I can't believe this is happening!" Lynch
said.[[100]] Martin, a Harvard-educated Black attorney, was put
in touch with Earl Dunagan, the regional director of the ATF. A
ceasefire was arrange. The Davidians released the four captured agents
and allowed them to remove the Davidian dead and wounded. Gent died of
bleeding after the ATF refused to allow the Davidians to retrieve him
from the water tank.[[101]] Peter Gent was shot by a marksman
after Koresh sent him up to the tower as a pay- back to Bruce and Lisa
for defying him.[[102]] Peter Gent was probably killed,
according to the official version, by one of the agents in the house
across the road--perhaps by Rodriquez. He was shot in a good, clean
kill and knocked off the tower. He fell three stories but was dead
before he came to rest with his body tangled in a tree.[[103]]
The gunfire continued uninterrupted for 45 minutes. For another 80
minutes there was sporadic gunfire.[[104]]
Several Branch Davidians were killed--including a two year old
child.[[105]] The Davidians killed included Peter Ghet (24),
Peter Jones, Mike Schroeder, Winston Blake and two others.[[106]] Four
elderly Davidians were killed in their beds by indiscriminate
helicopter fire.[[107]]
During the afternoon of February 28th, Peter Ghent from Australia was
killed by ATF snipers as he attempted to exit the Davidian water tower
which he had been cleaning.[[108]] "He climbed to the top of
the tank and peered over when he was struck in the head and neck by
government gunfire. Falling inside, he lay there terribly
wounded."[[109]]
The ATF claimed "we were outgunned." This claim was made despite
helicopter gunships, armored vehicles and fully automatic
weapons.[[110]] According to SFT Intelligence Chief DavidTroy,
the entire raid was videotaped but the tapes were being withheld due
to "the continuing homicide ingestigation." U.S.District Judge Walter
S. Smith Jr. ordered the FBI to preserve all of the government's audio
and video tapes of the February 28th raid.[[111]]
Koresh told radio stations that he had been hit in "the gut" and that
his two year old daughter was killed.[[112]] In his live
interview with KLRD-Radio, Koresh claimed that his two-year-old
daughter had been killed: "The dead baby story was never
confirmed."[[113]]
The seige began with the Davidians surrounded by four Abrams M-1 main
battle tanks.[[114]] It was only after Koresh bragged about
having anti-tank guns that the authorities brought in the virtually
indestructible M-1 Abrams.[[115]]
Around 6:00 p.m. February 28, 1993, additional gunfire occurred when
ATF snipers fired at three Davidians attempted to cross a field from a
site they had been working at on the morning of the raid. Norman
Allyson and Bob Kendricks fell to the ground and were picked up by
armoured vehicles. Michael Schroeder, who was unarmed, the third man,
was hit in the back and died on the fence. His body was removed on
March 3 with the assistance of a Bradley-type APC.[[116]] In
the second skirmish, Michael Schroeder, 29, was killed. Del Roy Nash
was slightly injured and then arrested. Woodrow Kendrick denied that
he ever saw any ATF officers and said he certainly never fired upon
them.[[117]]
Linda Thompson, attorney for Ken Schroeder, said the results of the
autopsy showed seven bullet wounds in the back and a leg chewed on by
an animal. Michael had been trying to return to be with his wife and
family.[[118]]
The Waco Tribune decided to fill the entire Monday issue after the
bloody Sunday with the remaining installments of its seven-part
series.[[119]]
Shortly after the original raid, two ATF agents came forward on TV in
New York (their faces were not shown) and said they were afraid of a
coverup.[[120]]
Once the seige began there was an international angle. A bunch of
hillbillys from around the world, in Texas, were shooting at the U.S.
government.[[121]]
The government press conferences in Waco were rigged events with three
agendas: 1) to control the media, 2) to control public perceptions of
David Koresh and 3) to further inflame the already beleaguered cult
leader.[[122]] The rules of the press briefings were rigged so
that the FBI always won: "No shouting. Raise your hand. And more
important, each newsman getting the FBI nod was strictly limited to
one question and a follow-up--but only if he announced his intention
of asking the second one at the start of the first. (NP) And he never
got another question, not the next day or the day after, if he asked
one question the FBI or the ATF didn't much like."[[123]] "The
format and punitive attitude prevented any deep
probing."[[124]]
The FBI consulted with its cadre of "priests/psychologists from the
Freudian Cult" while the FBI's "High Priesthood's altar boys" spoke of
Koresh in harsh and even libelous terms.[[125]] Despite all the
disputes regarding Koresh's promises, the FBI took him "completely at
his word and absolutely on his honor on one subject:
Suicide."[[126]]
After the February 28th raid, CAN officials were omnipresent at
establishment daily press briefings in Waco.[[127]] On March 2,
1993, Rick Ross, told reporters that when the FBI approached Koresh he
was going to go outside with grenades and commit suicide--taking as
many ATF agents with him as he could.[[128]] Rick Ross is
based in Phionex.[[129]] Ross around February 16, 1993 urged
Sue Johnson to hire him to deprogram Steve Schneider and said that
something was about to happen real soon.[[130]] C.A.N. Director
Cynthia Kisser has called for a much larger role for C.A.N. in dealing
with cults in the future.[[131]]
In March 1993, Kiri revealed on the Donahue show that Koresh had
instructed the children on the best ways to commit
suicide.[[132]]
1. The Forward (Jewish Weekly of New York City) (May 14, 1993).
2. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 179 (1993).
3. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 111 (1993).
4. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 139 (1993).
5. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 117 (1993).
6. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 142 (1993).
7. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 20 (1993).
8. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 370 (1993).
9. Revelations 6:8. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult
5 (1993). During the seige, Koresh signed letters to the FBI as
"David Death." Id. at 213.
10. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 20 (1993).
11. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 20-21 (1993).
12. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 196-197 (1993).
13. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 186-187 (1993).
14. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 78 (1993).
15. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 128 (1993).
16. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 120-121 (1993).
17. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 121 (1993).
18. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 144 (1993).
19. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 149 (1993).
20. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 223 (1993).
21. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 370 (1993).
22. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 95 (1993).
23. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 370 (1993).
24. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 370 (1993).
25. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 310 (1993).
26. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 230-231 (1993).
27. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 292 (1993).
28. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 95 (1993).
29. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 107 (1993).
30. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 372 (1993).
31. Soldier of Fortune 9 (June 1993).
32. "We the People" Committee, News Release 3 (May 23, 1993).
33. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 249 (1993).
34. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 372 (1993).
35. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 22 (1993).
36. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 287 (1993).
37. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 372 (1993).
38. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 5 (1993).
39. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 373 (1993).
40. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 373 (1993).
41. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 373 (1993).
42. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 91 (1993).
43. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 3
(August 1993).
44. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 4
(August 1993).
45. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 156-157 (1993).
46. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 6
(August 1993).
47. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 151 (1993).
48. "We the People" Committee, News Release 1 (May 23, 1993).
49. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 153 (1993).
50. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 1
(August 1993).
51. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 182 (1993).
52. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 1
(August 1993).
53. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 3
(August 1993).
54. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 1
(August 1993).
55. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 3
(August 1993).
56. Donald S. McAlvany, "The Waco Massacre: A Case Study on the
Emerging American Police State," The McAlvany Intelligence
Advisor 23 (July 1993).
57. Donald S. McAlvany, "The Waco Massacre: A Case Study on the
Emerging American Police State," The McAlvany Intelligence
Advisor 19 (July 1993).
58. Criminal Politics 6 (July 1993).
59. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 155 (1993).
60. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 155 (1993).
61. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 3
(August 1993).
62. "Update on the Waco Davidian Massacre," The Double Eagle 5
(August 1993) (Ouoting The Insider Report).
63. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 3
(August 1993).
64. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 157 (1993).
65. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 157 (1993).
66. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 161 (1993).
67. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 161 (1993).
68. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 159 (1993).
69. "We the People" Committee, News Release 2 (April 23, 1993).
70. "We the People" Committee, News Release 2 (April 23, 1993).
71. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 4
(August 1993).
72. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 6
(August 1993).
73. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 318-319 (1993).
74. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 161 (1993).
75. Donald S. McAlvany, "The Waco Massacre: A Case Study on the
Emerging American Police State," The McAlvany Intelligence
Advisor 20 (July 1993).
76. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 21 (1993).
77. "We the People" Committee, News Release 2 (May 23, 1993).
78. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 163 (1993).
79. Donald S. McAlvany, "The Waco Massacre: A Case Study on the
Emerging American Police State," The McAlvany Intelligence
Advisor 20 (July 1993).
80. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 4
(August 1993).
81. Lee Hancock, "TV Cameraman Admits His Words Tipped Off Cult,"
Dallas Morning News 1A (August 28, 1993).
82. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Fed Siege of Religious Group Ends in Fiery
Death," The Balance 1 (May 1993).
83. Lee Hancock, "TV Cameraman Admits His Words Tipped Off Cult,"
Dallas Morning News 7A (August 28, 1993).
84. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 179 (1993).
85. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Fed Siege of Religious Group Ends in Fiery
Death," The Balance 1 (May 1993).
86. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 165 (1993).
87. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 21 (1993).
88. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 320 (1993).
89. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Fed Siege of Religious Group Ends in Fiery
Death," The Balance 1 (May 1993).
90. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 321 (1993).
91. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 21 (1993).
92. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 169 (1993).
93. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 173 (1993).
94. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 21 (1993).
95. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Fed Siege of Religious Group Ends in Fiery
Death," The Balance 1 (May 1993).
96. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 21 (1993).
97. Affirmed in Affidavit W93-54M, filed April 13, 1993, U.S.
District Court, Western District of Texas, Hon. Dennis G. Green
presiding. "We the People" Committee, News Release 1 (May 9,
1993).
98. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 171 (1993).
99. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Fed Siege of Religious Group Ends in Fiery
Death," The Balance 2 (May 1993).
100. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 1
(August 1993).
101. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Fed Siege of Religious Group Ends in
Fiery Death," The Balance 2 (May 1993).
102. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 331-332
(1993).
103. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 173 (1993).
104. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 173 (1993).
105. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 21 (1993).
106. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 321 (1993).
107. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Fed Siege of Religious Group Ends in
Fiery Death," The Balance 2 (May 1993).
108. "We the People" Committee, News Release 2 (May 9, 1993).
109. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Fed Siege of Religious Group Ends in
Fiery Death," The Balance 2 (May 1993).
110. Donald S. McAlvany, "The Waco Massacre: A Case Study on the
Emerging American Police State," The McAlvany Intelligence
Advisor 20 (July 1993).
111. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Bad Attitude Turns Fatal," The Balance 6
(August 1993).
112. Richard Lee and Ed Hindson, Angels of Deceit 22 (1993).
113. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 176 (1993).
114. CAUSE FOUNDATION, "Fed Siege of Religious Group Ends in
Fiery Death," The Balance 2 (May 1993).
115. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 142 (1993).
116. Affirmed in Affidavit W93-54M, filed April 13, 1993, U.S.
District Court, Western District of Texas, Hon. Dennis G. Green
presiding. "We the People" Committee, News Release 1 (May 9,
1993).
117. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 169 (1993).
118. Ken Fawcett, American Patriot Fax Network 2 (May 13, 1993).
119. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 178 (1993).
120. Donald S. McAlvany, "The Waco Massacre: A Case Study on the
Emerging American Police State," The McAlvany Intelligence
Advisor 19 (July 1993).
121. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 179 (1993).
122. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 209 (1993).
123. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 210 (1993).
124. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 211 (1993).
125. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 206 (1993).
126. Brad Bailey and Bob Darden, Mad Man in Waco 209 (1993).
127. "We the People" Committee, News Release 2 (April 23, 1993).
128. Donald S. McAlvany, "The Waco Massacre: A Case Study on the
Emerging American Police State," The McAlvany Intelligence
Advisor 20 (July 1993).
129. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 314 (1993).
130. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 317 (1993).
131. Harley Schlanger, The New Fedralist (May 3, 1993).
132. Marc Breault and Martin King, Inside The Cult 280 (1993).