The stand-off at Waco, Texas in April 1993 ended abruptly when self-proclaimed biblical prophet David Koresh and 54 of his Branch Davidian followers, as well as 21 children, were incinerated in a fire that erupted during a military assault initiated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the FBI. The Danforth Report, released in July 2000, claimed that the fire was started by the Branch Davidians, but conspiracy theorists assert that the ATF and FBI deliberately started the fire by using incendiary devices during the siege. These theorists also claim that the Branch Davidians never presented much of a threat, even though they were heavily armed, which isn’t a crime in the U.S. (It was also alleged that the Branch Davidians were cooking up methamphetamine, which was never proven.) Had the ATF and FBI conspired to keep the finger of blame for the disaster firmly pointed at the so-called Waco Wackos? Tragically, ill-conceived, gung-ho sieges such as the one at Waco and at places like Ruby Ridge incited Timothy McVeigh to commit mass murder at Oklahoma City.
This 1999 film opened Pandora's box with an excellent examination of the events.Once again the crime goes all the way to the top,with the true criminals never seeing the light of day.The policies employed by our government are not legal and continue to mock the Constitution, which is the Law of the Land. It is our Law, the peoples law to keep the government in check. Instead we have lost control of our country, which looks more like a criminal empire than a Republic. For a country founded on Dissent and Revolution, we have evolved into slaves to a corporate Empire. History is not teaching us anything if we don't remind ourselves of it once in a while.