Fbi Hostage Rescue Team
Events (22)
- 12:00 p.m. February 28, 1993: FBI Surrounds Davidian Compound after Botched Raid 1993-02-28
- March 1, 1993: First Day of Waco Standoff; FBI Surrounds Compound with Armored Vehicles 1993-03-01
- March 14, 1993: FBI Begins Using Bright Lights to Disrupt Sleep of Davidians 1993-03-14
- March 23, 1993: FBI HRT Leader Urges Tear-Gas Assault on Davidian Compound 1993-03-23
- March 31, 1993: Justice Official Reports to Attorney General about FBI Infighting at Waco 1993-03-31
- April 7, 1993: FBI Discusses Use of Tear Gas to Flush Davidians from Compound 1993-04-07
- April 9, 1993: Koresh Sends ‘Psychotic’ Letter to FBI, Experts Conclude He Has No Intention of Surrendering 1993-04-09
- April 10, 1993: FBI Begins Installing Concertina Wire around Branch Davidian Compound 1993-04-10
- April 14-15, 1993: Koresh Insists on Staying in Compound until Completion of a Biblical Manuscript; Attorney General Rejects Tear-Gas Plan 1993-04-14
- April 19, 1993: FBI Assaults Branch Davidian Compound; 78 Die in Fire 1993-04-19
- March 25, 1996: FBI Arrests Freemen Leader; Freemen Begin 81-Day Standoff with Law Enforcement Authorities 1996-03-25
- August 2, 1996: House Committee Issues Report on Davidian Tragedy, Finds Federal Agencies ‘Derelict’ and ‘Grossly Incompetent’ 1996-08-02
- August 25, 1999 and After: FBI Admits to Using Pyrotechnic Grenades during Waco Assault 1999-08-25
- August 28, 1999: Former CIA Officer Alleges Delta Force Involvement in Waco Siege Planning 1999-08-28
- September 2, 1999: FBI Releases Videotape of Agent Giving Permission to Use Incendiary Gas Canister during Waco Assault 1999-09-02
- September 3, 1999: FBI Releases Videotape of Incendiary Gas Canister Being Used during Waco Assault 1999-09-03
- September 9, 1999: Investigators: Spent Shell Found in Davidian Evidence Is Illumination Flare, Not Incendiary Gas Canister 1999-09-09
- February 28, 2000: Secret Memo Shows FBI Wanted to Assault Davidian Compound Weeks before Actual Assault Began 2000-02-28
- September 10, 2001: FBI Crisis Response Unit Goes to California for Training, Therefore Away from Washington at Time of 9/11 Attacks 2001-09-10
- August 1993: FBI Interviews Say Negotiations Abandoned Too Soon for Counterproductive Aggressive Measures in Davidian Standoff
- December 1995: Former Justice Department Officials Reflect on Mistakes Made during Davidian Siege
- 1995: Former FBI ‘Profiler’ Says Bureau Misled Attorney General about Necessity of Assault against Besieged Davidians