story. a detailed expose titled the sinful messiah. the paper also found out about the raid. one of our reporters got a tip from a confidential informant that told him they were going to do something, so we made plans to have people out there to cover whatever it was. the atf plan called for a dynamic entry. around 75 agents, many hidden in cattle trailers, would rapidly descend on the compound, serve the warrants, arrest koresh, search the property, and seize the weapons. i thought the plan had it not been compromised would have worked. but the plan was compromised. that morning a local news cameraman got lost trying to find the branch davidian compound. he asked a mail carrier for directions, and indicated there might be some kind of raid.
tribune would finally run its story. a detailed expose titled the sinful messiah. the paper also found out about the raid. one of our reporters got a tip from a confidential informant that told him they , so we made plans to have so we made plans to have people out there to cover whatever it was. the atf plan called for a dynamic entry. around 75 agents, many hidden in cattle trailers, would rapidly descend on the compound, serve the warrants, arrest koresh, search the property, and seize the weapons. i thought the plan had it not been compromised would have worked.
surveillance, agent aguilera secured warrants to search the davidian compound and arrest david koresh. the warrants would be served on sunday, february 28th. the day before the waco herald tribune would finally run its story. a detailed expose titled the sinful messiah. the paper also found out about the raid. one of our reporters got a tip from a confidential informant that told him they were going to do something, so we made plans to have people out there to cover whatever it was. the atf plan called for a dynamic entry. around 75 agents, many hidden in cattle trailers, would rapidly descend on the compound, serve the warrants, arrest koresh, search the property, and seize the weapons. i thought the plan had it not been compromised would have
beating. so many men were hurt and wounded and were laying down there. when i called in to the compound, it was steven snyder. steven snyder was koresh s top lieutenant. and he started screaming through the phone that we had no right to be there, to get off the property immediately. i tried to stay calm. i said, steve, we have to talk. we have to work this out. you and i have to work this out. people are dying. people are hurt. we need to stop the shooting. soon cavanaugh is talking directly with david koresh. everything is okay. if you and me are talking. and that s the main thing. because you care for sxeem you re sincere and honest. i care about my father. that s right. i had a radio mike in one ear with an agent pleading for his life, and i had this guy on the phone who thought he was god. checking now our top stories on prime news. in waco, texas, at least four federal agents are dead and 14 are injured in a shoot-out with
this is mina. say hello. real loud. hello. hello. okay. are you thankful for the milk? say thanks for the milk. we were trying to determine what was the nature of the people inside the compound? were they healthy? were they suffering? we learned very rapidly that these people came from all walks of life. some of them very bright people. i m not being held here against my will. this is the truth. i know this is the truth, and for anybody that knows me, you know that i wouldn t be into something i didn t think was right. we, as negotiators, had to step back and realize, good lord, how much control has this guy actually exercised over everybody inside there? on the tape, koresh even shows his wounds.