Chuck Bryant

There were a lot of just kind of stupid moves from the ATF.

One time they were like, hey, we need to keep an eye on this.

So there's a house sort of nearby.

I think it was like 70 acres, the whole compound.

But there was a house about a half a mile away.

And they said, let's suppose as college students, they're like renting this house, but they come in here.

I feel like any time like these people try to go undercover like that, like let's pose as kids out having a good time.

And it just never goes well.

And it didn't.

They had suitcases.

They had rental cars, like new rental cars.

They eventually were like, I think they're on to us.

So let's have a party.

And one of the Branch Davidians came to the party.

And I'm sure they were like, hey, would you like a brewski?

And the Branch Davidian went back and like, by the way, those are definitely not college students.

Right.

Well, I mean, they got a warrant.

So they had enough information to at least get like a legal warrant to search everything.

Their goal initially was to just get those illegal weapons, arrest David Koresh, who, by the way, and I think you found this, was that like he had a relationship with the local sheriff.