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But he still wanted evidence that was stronger than statements from former members who'd left the compound years earlier.

On Friday October 2 1992, the ATF installed a pole camera along the road near the property in the hopes of capturing photographic proof of the Branch Davidians' shooting drills.

Unfortunately, the footage captured by the cameras was too poor to be of any use.

Their next option was to send in some undercover agents.

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The Mount Carmel compound had a long driveway and sat 200 yards back from Double E Ranch Road.

It was a narrow road that could barely accommodate two lanes and much of it was unpaved.

It was mostly packed dirt framed by gravel along its margins.

Sprawling, sparse fields lay on either side with an occasional house here and there.

As there were just a few other properties within the vicinity of Mount Carmel, everybody there knew one another.

One of these properties sat directly across the road from the Mount Carmel driveway.

In late 1992, the tenants of that house moved out, explaining that the property's owner wanted to perform some minor repairs.

In January 1993, eight men in their late 20s and early 30s moved in.

They told the Branch Davidians and other neighbours that they were students at Texas State Technical College in Waco.

Not long after they arrived, they threw a housewarming party and invited the Branch Davidians.

In reality, they were undercover ATF agents tasked with surveilling the Mount Carmel compound.

Their new home was dubbed the Undercover House.