This is Not an Assault

In February 1993 a gun battle erupted outside Waco Texas as federal agents attempted to search the communal residence of a religion known as the Branch Davidians. The battle and the following siege was the greatest law enforcement debacle in American history costing nearly a hundred lives. After a criminal trial two Cabinet-level studies and three sets of Congressional hearings the truth appeared to be firmly settled. A cult led by a madman had shot at federal agents and had then set themselves aflame. The issue was settled. Then in 1999 the Waco issue exploded with proof that the Federal agencies had lied to their own leadership to Congress and to the courts. This Is Not An Assault explores this remarkable turnabout. It is authored by someone who saw it from the inside a former government attorney whose lawsuit forced ATF and FBI to divulge the incriminating documents and tapes.