The nation remembers the Waco incident, where a cult lead by David Koresh, repelling an ATF team which had a illegal weapons warrant to seach their compound. This resulted in at first a gunfight, and then a standoff which went on for weeks. In the end the compound was burned to the ground. However, the origin of the fire was never explained. The FBI maintains (the FBI took over from the ATF which began the situation with their raid) that Branch Dravidians were a suicide cult, and that they started the fire, or at least a few of them started the fire that engulfed them.

The Evidence

There are several problems with this official FBI proposal. The first is the canisters the FBI threw into the compound were incendiaries. Secondly, the FBI lied about this fact. The FBI initially denied this claim, but years later were forced to admit it was true. Second, the compound had been filled for several hours by flammable tear gas and holes had been ripped into the compound (both of these things was done through the use of modified tanks). This increased the speed with which any fire would spread. Third, Waco was not the first FBI standoff that lead to a conflagration. Robert Mathews died in a similar standoff on Whidbey Island when incendiary tear gas canisters used by the FBI, burned down the cabin he was engaged in a stand-off with the FBI. The reasons for this extreme measure was not based upon any threat that Robert Mathews could have possessed vs. the FBI agents. (Various sources state numbers of law enforcement agents at Whidbey Island to be between 60 and 500) – Wikipedia

Zero Credibility

The FBI lied bout a number of things in Waco. They were repeatedly caught in these lies and then changed them or created new lies. Here is a brief list of their lies.

1. They said that the Branch Davidians shot themselves to death, even the ones that were found with 9 bullet holes. However, infrared cameras filming from helicopters show agents shooting bursts into the compound while it was burning to the ground.
2. The physical evidence (what was left of it) went missing in the FBI lab. The FBI was able to even “misplace” the doors where the initial assault occurred. The FBI maintained that the Branch Davidians shot at them through the doors, not the other way around. However, after taking this and other items into custody the FBI conveniently lost all the evidence.

The Cover Up

During the congressional investigation the Democrats and Republicans eventually closed ranks, neither of them wanting the truth about Waco to get out as it would undermine the confidence in the FBI, the ATF and law enforcement generally. Charles Schumer and Joseph Biden were critical in the coverup during the congressinal investigation. During the testimony the FBI agents made a number of nonsensical statements that “they stood between the bad guys and the rest of civilization.” They were caught in multiple inconsistencies during the hearings. The final declaration by Joseph Biden that the FBI acted appropriately is surreal.

The Most Likely Explanation

The most likely explanation is the one most difficult to accept. The FBI deliberately set fire to the compound and restricted the access of fire trucks until there was nothing left of it. Its important to consider how the FBI agents acted during the siege. Many of them appeared to be living out some type of action movie fantasy. Driving around in tanks, giving the Branch Davidians the finger and taunting them during the siege. When Koresh’s mother visited during the stand off agents were reported to have said

“say your goodbyes because he is not coming out alive.”

The FBI can add the Waco incident to the murder of Fred Hampton and the intimidation of Martin Luther King and John Lennon, their undermining of the civil rights movement. Its quite a resume of corruption and abuse of power.

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