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Stadium lights kept the house illuminated around the clock.

      Helicopters flew overhead. This does not contribute to trust in the
      government negotiators, nor does it help the Koreshians make rational
      decisions. Like walking out unarmed before a Federal army, using tanks
      from the U.S. Defense Dept. [It should still be called the War Dept.]

    o C.S. gas is never supposed to be used inside a building. Used inside,
      it can create fires, and it can produce cyanide, which can immobilize
      and kill. The manufacturer of C.S. gas, Aldridge Chemicals emphasized
      that this product was intended for outdoor riot control only; it was
      not supposed to be a weapon.

      In fact, the company says it stopped selling C.S. to Israel in 1988
      because the government there was shooting the chemical into buildings
      occupied by Palestinians. Many of those people subjected to the gas
      became ill, and others died from the exposure in enclosed quarters.
      You would think Israelites would be sensitive to deadly gassing of
      people in enclosed areas. [Gas use as reported by Amnesty
      International's Chemical Report on C.S. Agent #6.]
 
    o The F.B.I., through the Department of Justice, requested that Texas
      Governor Ann Richards allow the use of helicopters from the Texas
      National Guard at Waco. Texas law forbids the use of the National
      Guard in police action against a citizen of the state, except when
      drugs are involved in a criminal action.

      But the A.T.F. fabricated a drug charge ("ugh, they're operating a
      methamphetamine lab or something huh-huh-huh") to gain the use of the
      helicopters. Later, Governor Richards stated publicly that she had
      been lied to by the Department of Justice.

    o They knew the secrecy of the operation had been blown. How macho to
      plo