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a half hours, and then the top priority is to regain wounded from the compound. the whole scene has the look of a war zone. >> when i first got there, it was a very tense, uncomfortable environment. >> special agent randy parsons is dispatched from washington d.c., but parsons and his colleagues aren't there simply to assist. the fbi is taking over. it's a critical turning point. >> it was an uncomfortable situation because the alcohol, tobacco, and firearms felt a great sense of loss. it was their own men, their own agents, who were down and were gone. >> shortly thereafter they were told that we were going to be taking over the handling of the response to the events on that day, and that was crushing for them as well. >> at the time, you know, it's

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Crimes of the Century-20130826-01:07:00

allegations. his name is davie aguilera. this is the first time he has talked publicly about the case. >> it's very difficult for me to do this. i have been bottling this up for the longest time. i try to put it behind me, but it never goes away. >> in the summer of 1992 agent aguilera got a tip from ups that a box delivered to the compound had accidentally broken open revealing a stash of grenade hulls. that tip began a seven-month investigation to determine if the branch davidian were stockpiling illegal weapons. >> they had acquired hundreds much weapons, rifles, pistols, shotguns, grenades, grenade launchers. almost two million rounds of ammunition. >> i was discovering a lot of

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Crimes of the Century-20130826-01:11:00

that morning a local news cameraman got lost trying to find the branch davidian he asked a mail carrier for directions, and indicated there might be some kind of raid. the mailman was a branch davidian. under cover agent robert rodriguez was at the compound when koresh received the warning. >> robert immediately excused himself. i had to leave. david said, no, stay. robert said, no, i got to go. as robert tells me, he walks up to him and says i was just waiting for them to put a bullet in my back. >> agent rodriguez went straight to his commanders. >> he said they're looking at us. they know we're coming. you need to call this off. >> but the impetus to act had already reached critical mass. in the next few hours events at waco would transfix the nation and david koresh would become a household name. >> i knew that they were coming.

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Crimes of the Century-20130826-01:57:00

planned on dying or fbi's problem for taunting david? >> in the smouldering wreckage inhe compound, investigators recover at least 78 bodies, including david koresh. >> it appears as though his second in the command, steve schneider, shot david koresh in the head with a pistol and then schneider turned the pistol on himself. >> the children themselves were mostly executed. they were either beat to death, stabbed to death, or shot. david koresh was never going to walk out of that place on our terms. it was doomed from day one that that place, which went by the name of rancho apocalypse, was

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Crimes of the Century-20130826-01:45:00

the seven seals. >> supposedly the manuscript will be koresh's proof that he is the lamb of god. at first koresh says it will take him two days to write about each seal. then it becomes two weeks, and then he says it will take a year. >> had there been serious preparation of the manu scripted, we would have waited. there was none. >> on the 49th day of the siege, attorney general janet reno approves the bureau's plan for a tactical solution. the insertion of tear gas into the compound. >> i approve the plan, and i'm responsible for it. i advised the president, but i did not advise him as to the details. >> it's one more major turning point, though reason wroe leaves it to the fbi to decide when to take action. >> we went 27 days with nobody being released. david koresh became more violent in his rhetoric.

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everything right or that atf did everything right. but we did not set the fire, we did not murder anybody. >> infrared photography taken by helicopters above the building shows the fire igniting in three different places inside the compound. >> all of the indications are that the fire was set from within, presumably by some of david koresh's follower. >> nine branch davidians exited that compound that last day. >> there's a person jumping, hanging from that window. >> seven of the nine had accelerants on their clothing. >> whether anybody actually deliberately lit a fire in there, i don't know. but my question would be, even if they did, who's fault is it? is it our fault because we

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Crimes of the Century-20130826-01:17:00

continuing to shoot. >> bullets were coming out of every window in the compound. >> fbi agent bob ricks would become the face of the government regarding the standoff. when he arrives, the fbi agents are in shock. >> they had the look dpeeft, the look of despair, the look of derespondency. they had gone through a horrible day and were forcibly required to retreat from that scene. >> our top priority right from the start was to get a lid on the violence and then to bring their emotionality down. >> as the shootout rages, atf agent jim cavanaugh is already on the phone with the davidians trying to gain a cease-fire. >> so many men were hurt and wounded and lying down there. when i called the compound, it was steven snyder.

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Crimes of the Century-20130826-01:35:00

at the davidian compound, law enforcement's primary concern was the welfare of the children. >> we really wanted to talk to as many of the children as we could. to see if they were being held against their will. >> to accomplish this the fbi consealed microphones in milk cartons sent into the compound. they alls gave david koresh a video camera to record pictures of the children and any statements anyone wanted to make. >> this is district of columbia say hello. real loud. >> hello. >> okay. are you thankful for the meal? thank for the milk. >> we were trying to determine what was the nature of the people inside the compound? were they healthy? were they suffering?

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Crimes of the Century-20130826-01:08:00

ar-15s. they were converting these weapons from semiautomatic to automatic weapons. >> fully automatic rifle is, of course, illegal to possess. >> this is not against firearms. it's not against the law to buy anything that they sell at a gun show. >> people don't even realize they have turned an eh commune into an armed camp, and the weapons become very much a part of their life. they have engaged in now paramilitary training. >> i was outraged, and i was able to go out and get enough probable cause to make sure that, you know, i'm going to get my warrant for this guy. >> in january 1993 the atf rented a house across the road from the compound and began under cover surveillance with agents posing as college students. >> we had an undercover agent,

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