Dan Rather's Political Element

Dan Rather has a high political element in his reporting. He's very savvy about the politics of situations. And I think that there's, you know, testing the wins with the Davidians. That's not going to do me any good if I take their side.

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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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