Remembering Waco: ATF Agent, FBI Analyst Recall Harrowing Siege on 30th Anniversary
Thirty years ago on Wednesday, a 51-day standoff between law enforcement and the Branch Davidians ended in a raging inferno.
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ATF Honors Agents Killed During Botched Raid of Branch Davidian’s in Waco on 30th Anniversary
By Steve Neavling Active and retired ATF agents held a ceremony Tuesday honoring the four agents who were shot and killed 30 years ago during the siege of David Koresh’s Branch Davidian religious group in Waco, Texas. Agents Conway LeBleu, Todd McKeehan, Robert Williams and Steven Willis, as well as six Branch Davidians, were killed…
William S. Sessions, FBI Director from 1987-1993, Died At Age of 90
William S. Sessions, who served as the director of the FBI under three presidents, died Friday in San Antonio.
Motorcycle Gangs Involved in Deadly Shootout in Waco Are Known Outlaws
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Some of the motorcycle gangs involved in Sunday’s shootout in Waco, Texas, are dangerous criminal organizations, the USA Today reports. Among those involved were the Bandidos and Cossacks, both of whom are known as outlaw biker gangs and “pose a serious national domestic threat.” They’re among what the FBI dubs outlaw…
Wooden Replica of Branch Davidian Compound in Waco Keeps ATF Memories Alive
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com It was one of the darkest days in ATF’s history – Feb. 28, 1993. Four agents were killed that morning, instigating what would be a 51-day standoff that ended with a raging fire and the deaths of about 80 Davidians members. To remember that fateful day, an architectural firm donated a wooden…
The History of April 19th: American Revolution, Waco, Oklahoma Bombing
This column was originally posted on April 14, 2010. Because I thought it continued to be relevant, it was re-posted last year (2013) on April 2. (I had no idea how relevant it would become.) The subject of the column, “April 19th,” first became significant when some New England citizens confronted a unit of the…
ATF Sniper Recalls News Coverage of Deadly Waco Raid in Texas Two Decades LAter
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com One of the first snipers on the scene at the deadly Waco clash in Texas was Wendel Frost, an ATF agent at the time. Now that he’s retired, Frost, who now lives in Cleveland, can speak openly about the controversial raid in 1993. Frost said he was frustrated with new coverage that…
Column: The History of April 19th: American Revolution, Waco, Oklahoma Bombing
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com Listen my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy Five…. Longfellow’s poem forever immortalized Paul Revere’s…
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