Blundering Toward Waco

Blundering Toward WacoLast March I crossed the Potomac River and headed toward the FBI's think tank and training center in Quantico, Virginia. At the time, my intention was to write an article on federal-agent training.Halfway across the country, the now-infamous Ranch Apocalypse psychodrama had reached its tenth day. Four agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms lay dead and 16 others were injured after a raid aimed at David Koresh's $200,000 cache of weapons. The FBI had ridden...