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When this wasn't permitted, Koresh reneged on his offer to release anyone else.

A week into the siege, the Branch Davidians requested to have milk sent in for the children, which the FBI suggested could be traded for more releases.

Koresh flatly refused to this, stating, You're dealing with my biological children now.

None of the children who had been sent out were his, and he wouldn't entertain the idea of releasing his own sons or daughters.

The FBI delivered the milk anyway.

The cartons had tiny listening devices implanted into the styrofoam so that authorities could listen in on some of the conversations inside the compound.

The Branch Davidians were such a cohesive group that the FBI was finding it hard to break through.

It wasn't like negotiating with armed robbers or terrorists who were holding hostages captive.

Instead, it was the FBI against all of the residents inside who saw them as the enemy.

Although they were speaking with various people inside the compound, the two individuals the negotiators spoke to most frequently were Koresh and Steve Schneider.

They decided to try driving a wedge between the two friends.

Perhaps if there was a chink in the armour, it would be easier to achieve their mission.

In the early morning hours of Tuesday March 9, FBI negotiators asked Steve Schneider if it was true that his wife, Judy, had a child with Koresh and was considered one of his brides.

They challenged Steve about this, clearly trying to provoke him by asking, Don't you miss the way it was?

But Steve merely reiterated his loyalty to Koresh and replied, It's better than it was.

With that attempt failing, siege commander Jeff Jamar decided they needed to make life inside the compound less bearable.

At 2.15am on the 10th day of the siege, they cut off its electricity.

In the PBS documentary Waco – The Inside Story, Jeff Jamar said…

There's the 10 day rule.

Usually these things are over in 10 days.