ISIL Freedom Network: United States > Scholarly and In-Depth Studies > The Waco Tragedy

The unwarranted warrant
Source: Independence Institute/Hamline Journal of Public Law and Policy
Author: David B. Kopel & Paul H. Blackman
Country: United States

The Waco trouble started with a warrant that should never have been issued. (Fall, 1996)

No more Wacos: What's wrong with federal law enforcement, and how to fix it
Source: Independence Institute
Author: Dave Kopel & Paul Blackman
Country: United States

This first chapter of a book by the same name looks at the events and major players in the Waco tragedy and the connection to the earlier Ruby Ridge standoff. (10/25/99)

Can soldiers be peace officers? The Waco disaster and the militarization of American law enforcement
Source: Independence Institute
Author: David. B. Kopel
Country: United States

The increasing use of military tactics and weapons by civilian law-enforcement agencies -- often in the name of the war on drugs -- has inevitably resulted in tragedy. (10/25/99)

Final report concerning the 1993 confrontation at the Mt. Carmel Complex
Source: John C. Danforth - Special Counsel
Country: United States

Special Counsel John Danforth's "official" report on the Waco disaster, absolving the federal government of most blame for the incident. (2000)

No confidence: An unofficial account of the Waco incident
Source: The Cato Institute
Author: Timothy Lynch
Country: United States

"Although the 'official' investigation of the [Waco] incident now places all of the blame for the carnage on the Branch Davidian leader, David Koresh, numerous crimes by government agents were never seriously investigated or prosecuted." This report looks at those unprosecuted crimes. It is available in Adobe PDF. (04/09/01)

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