David Koresh

Kevin Cook and Jeff Guinn on David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and the 1993 siege of Waco.

Behind the Oklahoma City bombing and even the January 6th attack was a military-style assault in Texas that galvanized the far right.

Militia groups have long used Waco as a rallying cry. But it was never the example of whiteness under siege that they invoke.

Thirty years later, an avoidable tragedy has spawned a politically ascendant mythology.

America's suggestions for handling the Waco standoff, as found in FBI FOIA files.

Religious scholars argue that the Waco raid was not justified and that with more understanding of theology, the loss of life could have been avoided.

In 2001, two men were killed by the FBI at a farm in Michigan. Then, 9/11 happened.