…Biden’s suggested appointment to the ATF?
Above; thermal image of FBI agents firing automatic weapons into the Branch Davidian Compound while their APC smashes into one of the buildings – on the opposite side from where the press corps was assembled – 19 April 1993.
In 2021 an ATF agent was being considered for an appointment by Joe Biden to head the agency. The GOP did not support the appointment because of the agents involvement in the FBI Siege of the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco Texas.
The FBI siege of the compound killed 78 people including 25 children. The agency was criticized for it’s tactics and there was speculation the FBI lit the blaze that burned the compound. The militia movement in the US grew exponentially. The government used unsubstantiated accusations against Koresh and the Davidians, painting the 7th Day Adventist group founded in 1955 as a sex cult.
The ATF filed for their warrant in February 1993, immediately after Bill Clinton became the president. Janet Reno was reportedly left the command center during the operation because she didn’t want to be involved. The attack was perfectly timed to pin the blame on the Democrats. The vehement rage against the left by the far right wing is directly related to the FBI siege at Waco.
Today the tables have flipped. The same cult that had members in the FBI has members in ICE. Some on the right seem to think it’s ok if they shoot female liberals. Played by the player man gods yet again.
From 9 May 2021
Republican senators are trying to get fellow senators to oppose President Biden’s nominee to head the Bureau of ATF (Washington Examiner). The nominee, gun control advocate and ATF agent David Chipman, made false claims about the raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco TX (New York Post).
The GOP is against the appointment not only because of Chipman’s stance on gun control but his involvement in the Waco raid that killed 76, including 25 children and 2 pregnant women.
The Republicans often blame the Democrats for the siege gone wrong. It is doubtful the ATF calls the office of the president every time they serve a warrant so……
From prior posting;
The ATF raid was planned during the presidency of George Bush Sr. It wasn’t executed until after Bill Clinton took office (Jan 20, 1993). Tricky huh? Bush appeared with Clinton when addressing the nation on the topic of the standoff. Several Bush advisors and personnel remained on staff to conduct the operation. His attorney general William Barr wrote the legal justification for the siege. General (then Colonel) William Boykin advised Janet Reno. The FBI hostage rescue team was headed by Richard Rodgers of Ruby RIdge fame. The current nominee to head the ATF David Chipman, who has notably made some false statements about the siege, was an agent involved in the affair. At the summary of the Congressional Hearing on Waco (1995) Senator Sonny Bono was in attendance. Senator Schumer announced there was no wrong doing on the part of the government. Bono decried the results and said “this is not over.” He died in a skiing accident in 1998.
- Waco; The Rules of Engagement YouTube
- Case Study 3
- Waco Siege Wikipedia