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  • FILE - WACO, TX - APRIL 19: The Branch Davidian Compound observation tower shown in a file photo dated 19 April 1993 engulfed in flames after a fire started inside the compound. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read BOB DAEMMRICH/AFP/Getty Images)
  • A portrait of David Koresh in a music video. The founder of the Branch Davidians sect. On the 13th of April 1993 in Waco, Texas in the USA. David Koresh and 83 followers where involved in a 51 day stand off with the FBI which ended in a mass suicidal fire. Nine Davidians escaped but 74 of them died, including 21 children. (Photo by NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA / Getty Images)
  • WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 1: US Attorney General Janet Reno testifies to a House subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington about the 1993 raid on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. Amid claims of being
  • FILE - WACO, TX - APRIL 23: A FBI agent shown in a file photo dated 23 April 1993 looking into the bunker that survived the blaze that leveled the rest of the Branch Davidian compound. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read J. DAVID AKE/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - MARCH 21: Ceji Ashby of Waco (R), a supporter of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), shown in a file photo dated 21 March 1993 turning away after arguing with a demonstrator Jerald Finney of Austin at a roadblock near the Branch Davidian. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read BOB DAEMMRICH/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - APRIL 24: WACO, TX - APRIL 24: Kerry Kinchen uses a bullhorn to lead protesters in an anti-ATF demonstration at the checkpoint leading to the remains of the Branch Davidian cult compound 24 April 1993. The 51-day standoff, which began 28 February in a shootout with Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms agents ended 19 April when the cult's compound burned to the ground, with an estimated 86 members of the cult still inside. (Photo credit should read J.DAVID AKE/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - APRIL 14: WACO, TX - APRIL 14: James Michael Lesak of Houston stands on a hill near the Branch Davidian compound while reciting a Bible passage 14 April 1993 and hoping for an end to the standoff with federal agents, now in its 46th day. Lesak came to Waco, TX in support of the people inside the compound. (Photo credit should read BOB DAEMMRICH/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - A cult flag shown in a file photo dated 08 March 1993 flying over the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read BOB STRONG/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - APRIL 8: Roger Ellis (R) of Tyler, Texas, shown in a file photo dated 08 April 1993 pointing out the Branch Davidian cult compound on the horizon to a sightseer who paid the one dollar fee Ellis charged to look through his telescope. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read J. DAVID AKE/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - APRIL 22: An unidentified ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) agent shown in a file photo dated 22 April 1993 looking over Rhiannon Gardnen's t-shirt sales table on a hill near the burnt out Branch Davidian cult compound. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read J. DAVID AKE/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) secure the door of a Bradley armored personel carrier 4 March 1993 near the Mt. Carmel compound of the Branch Davidian religious sect, Texas. The sect is in the fifth day of an armed standoff against ATF and FBI agent. (Photo credit should read BOB PEARSON/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - MARCH 10: A Texas Bureau of Public Safety officer shown in a file photo dated 10 March 1993 surveying the area around the Branch Davidian compound from the top of a road grader. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read J. DAVID AKE/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - APRIL 21: A file photo dated 21 April 1993 of an aerial shot of the burnt remains of the Branch Davidian compound. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read J. DAVID AKE/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - MARCH 31: A Bradley armored personal carrier shown in a file photo dated 31 March 1993 flying the US flag as it passes near the front of the Branch Davidian compound. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read BOB DAEMMRICH/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - MARCH 22: Seventy-year old James Lauter (front) shown in a file photo dated leading fellow Branch Davidian Cult members as they file out of the federal courthouse following an initial hearing. the After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read BOB DAEMMRICH/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - APRIL 10: A t-shirt salesman shown in a file photo dated 10 April 1993 putting a US Flag in the center of a shirt display as he prepared for business from a roadside vendor's area near the Branch Davidian compound in Waco. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers. (Photo credit should read BOB DAEMMRICH/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - MARCH 8: WACO, TX - MARCH 8: Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms gather near a bomb truck 8 March 1993 as they searched a building for arms near the Branch Davidian compound in Texas. Officials claimed the building was used by cult leader David Koresh to assemble arms. (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - APRIL 19: WACO, TX - APRIL 19: The Branch Davidian cult compound observation tower in Waco, TX is engulfed in flames after a fire, apparently started from inside the compound, burns the complex to the ground 19 April 1993. The fire was started after federal agents began pumping teargas into the headquarters of the cult led by David Koresh. (Photo credit should read TIM ROBERTS/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WACO, TX - APRIL 10: WACO, TX - APRIL 10: Self-proclaimed psychic Zena Marrs (L) of Waco uses her crystal ball to look into the future of Margie Aleman 10 April 1993 at her roadside stand on a hilltop near the Branch Davidian cult compound in Texas. BOB DAEMMRICH/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 23: U.S. President Bill Clinton gives a thumbs up signal to reporters 23 April 1993 when asked how he would characterize his first 100 days in office. President Clinton covered a wide range of topics, including the end of the Waco standoff during the session, his second formal press conference since being inaugurated. (Photo credit should read ROBERT GIROUX/AFP/Getty Images)
  • FILE - The Rev. Jim Morisey of Waco holds an Easter Sunday service for members of the press 11 April 1993 at the roadside media encampment near the Branch Davidian cult compound in Texas known as
 

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