FBI misfires in martyrdom milieu. (Branch Davidian fire) (Column)

National Catholic Reporter | May 7, 1993| | Copyright

I have been thinking a lot about the incineration of the Branch Davidian group in Waco. Why did the carefully laid plans of the FBI, supposedly executed after much consultation, go completely wrong? Why didn't they take seriously the possibility of suicide? Why did they entertain.the appealing fantasy of "maternal instinct" suddenly rising to the fore, causing mothers to break and run with their children?

Because most of the children apparently were fathered by David Koresh, who not only claimed sexual rights over all female members of this group but was believed to be ...

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