Topic: Waco Tribune Herald

Pam Hawkins reads a poem originally intended for the afternoon service, reflecting on the beauty of Texas bluebonnets contrasted with the desolation of the Mount Carmel ruins. She describes the death of her own "naive belief" in a benevolent government and questions what the American public lost in the fields of Waco.

Branch Davidian members suspected surveillance from a house across the road for two months leading up to the February 1993 raid. ATF agent Robert Rodriguez acted as an undercover student, receiving Bible studies from David Koresh while secretly monitoring the group. Despite their suspicions, Koresh welcomed Rodriguez and offered him lodging, even after the Waco Tribune-Herald published a critical article titled "The Sinful Messiah."