The Web has numerous sites dedicated to the controversy at Waco.
Rules of Engagement
http://www.waco93.comPerhaps the best single source on the Web. Operated by Michael McNulty, the maker of the film Waco: Rules of Engagement. Go to the press page for links to articles on the latest developments in the Waco story.
Dallas Morning News
http://www.dallasnews.com/specials/waco Operated by The Dallas Morning News. The best source for mainstream media coverage of the Waco story. Contains links to stories regarding the history of the siege and the trials of the Branch Davidians who were charged by federal authorities.
U.S. House Report
http://www.house.gov/reform/reports/waco.htmThe 1996 joint House committee report (#104-749), titled “Investigation Into the Activities of Federal Law Enforcement Agencies Toward the Branch Davidians,” gives the government’s view on the affair.
DPS on the Evidence
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/public_information/branch_davidian/index.htm Posted in early September, this site has the full text of the Texas Rangers’ report on the evidence from the Branch Davidian compound. Contains a link to the full text of a letter from Bill Johnston, an assistant U.S. Attorney in Waco, to U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, including Johnston’s warning to Reno that “facts may have been kept from you — and quite possibly are being kept from you even now,” about the events at the Davidian compound.
Posse Comitatus
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/data/p/04822.htmlA link to the Department of Defense’s official dictionary of military terms. This link describes the limits of the Posse Comitatus Act, a Civil War-era law that may have been violated at Waco.
Ashes of Waco
http://rampages.onramp.net/~djreavis/This site is for The Ashes of Waco, Dick J. Reavis’ book on the Waco affair. It includes an oddly worded press release from the ATF refuting Reavis’ claim that ATF agents fired weapons from helicopters. It also contains excerpts from the book, which may be the most authoritative source of information on Waco.
This article appears in November 12 • 1999.