Houston / Austin / Washington / WACO / Rodenville / Los Angeles / /
Company
ATF / United Parcel Service / Koresh / Gun Owners of America / /
Country
United Kingdom / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Company Expansion / Product Issues / Person Communication and Meetings / Business Partnership / Force Majeure / /
Facility
Texas State Technical College airfield / ATF's National Command Center / /
IndustryTerm
father-in-law / local law enforcement authorities / law enforcement personnel / brother-in-law / law enforcement action / belief systems / law enforcement authorities / law enforcement / religious / typical law enforcement addition / tenuous telephone linkage / attack / explosive devices / tanks inserting tear gas / tear gas / search warrant / high-energy religious groups / law enforcement responsibilities / local letter carrier / /
NaturalFeature
Mount Carmel / Mt. Carmel / /
Organization
Texas State Technical College / ATF's mission / McLennan County Sheriff's Department / Worldwide Church of God1 / Court of Appeals / G7 / Baylor Univ. / Bureau of Alcohol / Bureau of Alcohol / Tobacco / and Firearms / Federal Bureau of Investigation / Department of Justice / Department of the Treasury / National Guard / ATF's National Command Center in Washington / federal government / /
Person
Gideon Kanner / David Koresh / Robert Rodriguez / Day Adventists / Perry Jones / Davy Aguilera / Daniel Weyenberg / Lenore Hervey / Jim Peeler / David Jones / James E. Wood / Vernon Wayne Howell / Wayne Martin / Randy Weaver / George Roden / /
Position
law enforcement officer / Deputy Attorney General / federal magistrate / Chief Deputy / attorney / social worker / California Attorney General / director / Deputy Sheriff / marshal / Special Agent / /
I. THE TRAGEDY AT WACO: AN ANNIHILATION OF AUTONOMY In early 1993 there was played out on the plains of Texas near Waco the gravest church-state confrontation since the federal vendetta against the Mormons in the second