Waco continues to get nuts!

Branch Davidians versus the ATF & FBI...how much longer can it last!?! not much...

APRIL 14:

A message from KORESH says that he will not surrender until he has written a manuscript explaining the Seven Seals. At a meeting in SESSIONS's office on the tear gas plan, two military experts and the Army's Dr. Harry SALEM brief RENO, detailing what is known about its effect on children ("...although there had been no laboratory tests performed on children relative to the effects of the gas, anecdotal evidence was convincing that there would be no permanent injury"). CLARKE says the Davidians might be running out of water. RENO asks FBI to gather information about the compound's water supply and estimate how long the Davidians could hold out. FBI says rationing is to ensure discipline, and provisions would last a year. RENO meets with Delta Force commanders to review the tear gas plan. [Scruggs 107, 243, 266, 269, 270]

The compound is stocked with a year's supply of food rations and was otherwise prepared to withstand an extended siege. [Dennis 6]

APRIL 15:

FBI officials report that the compound has enough water to last a significant period of time. HUBBELL talks by phone for two hours with SAGE, who argues for action. [Scruggs 106, 270]

After talking to SAGE, HUBBELL becomes convinced that the negotiators believe there is no further hope of getting the Davidians out through negotiation. [Dennis 57]

APRIL 16:

KORESH tells negotiators that he has completed the manuscript on the First Seal. RENO rejects the tear gas plan, according to what RICHARD says HUBBELL told him. SESSIONS, CLARKE, and POTTS hurry to HUBBELL's office, and SESSIONS asks to speak with RENO. Ten minutes later HUBBELL returns with RENO, who orders a written statement "describing the situation inside the compound, the progress of negotiations, and the merits" of the plan, plus supporting documentation for all factual assertions. [Scruggs 107, 271]