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Chuck Bryant

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

That is Chuck speculation.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

So don't don't quote me on it.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

But yeah, so the raid is is blown because of another just this wasn't so much a blunder by the ATF.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

It was just a blunder by the media because a cameraman named Jim Peeler and a reporter.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

He was he's all over this documentary.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

he stopped on the way out there because he was tipped off.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

They don't know who, maybe a sheriff's deputy or somebody tipped him off that this is going to be going down.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

So he wanted the scoop.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

So he couldn't find the compound.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

And he stops a mail truck, a friendly mail carrier.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

It's like, hey, where's this Branch Davidian compound?

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

I think there's a raid going on and I want to cover it.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

And that mail carrier was a Branch Davidian.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

So he hightailed it back there and was like, we're about to get raided, you guys.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

So on February 28th, there were 76 armed agents that came up from Fort Hood.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

They were obfuscated in cattle trucks.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

They had canvas thrown over the back of these trucks, hiding.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

Of course, Gresham and them knew they were coming anyway, so it's not like that mattered.

Stuff You Should Know
The 1993 Waco Siege

And at the very beginning of this thing, David Koresh comes to the front door and it's on video, like all the stuff you can watch happen.