The ATF's Response to David Koresh

Paul Fatta was standing right there while David Koresh was on the phone with Henry McMahon. The ATF agent quietly told him to shut this conversation down, he says. "It's a rules of engagement. People can see him"

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Scott discusses the 1993 Waco tragedy with David Hardy, Dan Gifford, James Tabor, Paul Fatta, David Thibodeau, Jim Bovard, Barbara Grant: the Branch Davidians' history and theology, David Koresh, the ATF's investigation and raid, the 51 day siege, the FBI's tank and gas attack, the April 19 fire, analysis of infra-red imagery, the role of the U.S. Army's Delta Force, the trial and various coverups.

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