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Waco: a sickening failure of American journalism
Source: Seattle Times
Author: Alexander Cockburn
Country: United States

Progressive journalist Alexander Cockburn takes the media to task for relentless propagandizing in favor of state power and against those who criticize government actions. (9/9/99)

Burning questions
Source: Texas Lawyer
Country: United States

The Branch Davidians' suit against the federal government may finally resolve questions over the 1993 siege -- if they can get past the government's obstructive tactics. (7/26/99)

Great balls of fire
Source: Salon
Country: United States

Salon looks at the media's role in covering up the truth about the 1993 siege at Waco, and why journalists were so willing to buy the government's story. (9/9/99)

Interview with Waco survivor David Thibodeau
Source: Reason
Country: United States

Reason interviews Waco siege survivor David Thibodeau, who has himself penned a book about the events. (10/4/99)

House of Representatives Waco investigation
Source: House of Representatives
Country: United States

The 1996 investigation laid most of the blame for the siege on the Branch Davidians and whitewashed government actions, except for a few officials. Most interesting now for its departures from the evidence that has since surfaced. (8/2/96)

Branch Davidian trial transcripts
Source: Branch Davidians
Country: United States

Transcripts from the post-siege trial, stored at a site maintained by surviving Branch Davidians.

The truth about Waco
Source: Salon
Author: David Thibodeau
Country: United States

Waco survivor David Thibodeau gives a first-person account of life at Mount Carmel and takes the government to task for its actions. (9/9/99)

Waco infrared analysis from Roland Research
Source: Roland Research
Country: United States

On a continuously updated site, Maurice Cox, a retired mathematician-imagery analyst, challenges the FBI's (and Vector Data Systems') "sun reflection" explanation for the flashes that appear on infrared tape of the Waco siege.

Testimony of Dick J. Reavis
Source: Ashes of Waco
Country: United States

Dick J. Reavis, author of "The Ashes of Waco," was the lead witness before the House of Representatives' 1995 hearings on the Waco siege. He strongly questions government conduct. (1995)

To make amends for Waco, pardon the Branch Davidians
Source: Waco93/Wall Street Journal
Author: Prof. Alan Stone
Country: United States

The author of the government's minority report on the 1993 siege at Waco says that, in light of the government's "reckless mistakes at Waco," the imprisoned Branch Davidians should be pardoned and released. (8/31/99)

Text of report on flashes recorded at end of Waco siege
Source: Dallas Morning News/Vector Data Research
Country: United States

The controversial assertion by a British firm that analyzed a reenactment of the Waco siege that infrared film did not record FBI agents firing on the Branch Davidians. (5/12/00)

Minority report on government conduct at Waco
Source: PBS
Author: Prof. Alan A. Stone
Country: United States

Prof. Alan Stone's minority report from the government panel that reviewed the Waco fiasco. Stone was extremely critical of FBI conduct. (11/10/93)

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