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 expo titled the sinful messiah. the reporters talked about the raid. one of the reporters told him we re 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 quickly come to the compound, serve the warrants, arrest koresh, search the property and seize the weapons. i had 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
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 worked. but the plan was compromised.
bret: we have few information tonight in the ongoing look at the ill-fated a.t.f. plan known as operation fast and furious. correspondent william la jeunesse has the update from los angeles. who authorized this program that was so felony stupid that it got people killed? the attorney general says he wants to get to the bottom of this. today, for the first time, the justice department in response to inquiry, claims that attorney general eric holder didn t even know about operation fast and furious until after it was shut down because of the death of border agent brian terry. i m outraged we were used as collateral damage. both people here in the united states and mexico. republican congressman paul dossar reacting to the justice department admission that 1,000 fast and furious guns remain unaccounted for.