The Branch Davidians are an apocalyptic new religious movement founded in 1955 by Benjamin Roden. They regard themselves as a continuation of the General Association of Davidian Seventh-Day Adventists,established by Victor Houteff in 1935.
The United States Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security charged with conducting criminal investigations and protecting U.S. political leaders,their families,and visiting heads of state or government. Until 2003,the Secret Service was part of the Department of the Treasury,as the agency was founded in 1865 to combat the then-widespread counterfeiting of U.S. currency.
The Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives (BATFE),also referred to as the ATF,is a domestic law enforcement agency within the United States Department of Justice. Its responsibilities include the investigation and prevention of federal offenses involving the unlawful use,manufacture,and possession of firearms and explosives;acts of arson and bombings;and illegal trafficking and tax evasion of alcohol and tobacco products. The ATF also regulates via licensing the sale,possession,and transportation of firearms,ammunition,and explosives in interstate commerce. Many of the ATF's activities are carried out in conjunction with task forces made up of state and local law enforcement officers,such as Project Safe Neighborhoods. The ATF operates a unique fire research laboratory in Beltsville,Maryland,where full-scale mock-ups of criminal arson can be reconstructed. The ATF has 5,082 employees and an annual budget of 1.4 billion (2020).
The Waco siege,also known as the Waco massacre,was the law enforcement siege of the compound that belonged to the religious sect Branch Davidians. It was carried out by the U.S. federal government,Texas state law enforcement,and the U.S. military,between February 28 and April 19,1993. The Branch Davidians were led by David Koresh and were headquartered at Mount Carmel Center ranch in the community of Axtell,Texas,13 miles northeast of Waco. Suspecting the group of stockpiling illegal weapons,the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,and Firearms (ATF) obtained a search warrant for the compound and arrest warrants for Koresh,as well as a select few of the group's members.
The Bureau of Diplomatic Security,commonly known as Diplomatic Security (DS),is the security branch of the United States Department of State. It conducts international investigations,threat analysis,cyber security,counterterrorism,and protection of people,property,and information. Its mission is to provide a safe and secure environment for officials to execute the foreign policy of the United States.
John William Magaw is a former administrator for the United States Federal Government. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in education from Otterbein College,in Westerville,Ohio in 1957. He began his career in public service in 1959 as a state trooper with the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
William Ralph Basham,Jr. is an American law enforcement official who served as commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection,director of the United States Secret Service,director of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers,and chief of staff of the Transportation Security Administration.
Carl Joseph Truscott is a security expert and was the sixth Director of the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco,Firearms and Explosives in the United States Department of Justice under George W. Bush,a position he held from 2004 to 2006.
William Henry Pickle was the 37th United States Senate Sergeant at Arms. He was sworn in on March 17,2003,after a lifetime of public service,especially relating to the security of the institutions of the United States,and served until Terrance W. Gainer assumed the post in January,2007.
Mark J. Sullivan is a former federal law enforcement agent who served as the 22nd Director of the United States Secret Service from May 31,2006 to March 27,2013. Sullivan succeeded W. Ralph Basham and was succeeded by Julia Pierson.
Brian L. Stafford was the 20th Director of the United States Secret Service. Preceded by Lewis C. Merletti,he was sworn in on March 4,1999 by the then Secretary of the Treasury,Robert E. Rubin. He was succeeded by W. Ralph Basham.
Joseph Petro is the executive vice president and managing director of Citigroup Security and Investigative Services. He is also co-chairman of the United States Department of State's Overseas Security Advisory Council. He also served for 23 years as a special agent in the United States Secret Service;eleven of them with presidents and vice presidents. For four of those years he stood by the side of Ronald Reagan.
Ronald Kenneth "Ron" Noble is an American law enforcement officer who served as the secretary-general of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) from 2000 to 2014. He was the organization's first American and youngest secretary-general at the time of his appointment. Noble previously worked as a public servant in various U.S. government agencies,including the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,the Department of Justice and the Treasury.
The federal government of the United States empowers a wide range of law enforcement agencies to maintain law and public order related to matters affecting the country as a whole.
Christopher Falkenberg is a security expert and the founder and president of Insite Security,a risk management firm. He is a former Special Agent for the United States Secret Service and litigator at Davis Polk &Wardwell.
Julia Ann Pierson is an American former law enforcement official. She served as the 23rd Director of the United States Secret Service. Pierson became director on March 27,2013. Amid a series of security lapses involving the agency,Pierson resigned on October 1,2014.
Joseph "Joe" P. Clancy) is an American law enforcement official. He was the 24th Director of the United States Secret Service. Clancy previously served as head of the agency's presidential protection division until 2011,when he retired and became director of corporate security for Comcast.
James M. Murray is an American law enforcement officer,serving as the 26th director of the United States Secret Service.
Anthony M. Ornato is the former assistant director of the United States Secret Service Office of Training. He was the service's deputy assistant director who headed the security detail of president Donald Trump until taking a leave of absence when the president named him White House Deputy Chief of Staff for operations in December 2019. After his tenure as a political appointee in the Trump administration,he returned to the Secret Service where he worked as the assistant director in the office of training until August 29,2022.
Livingstone Fagan –sometimes misspelled as Livingston Fagan –is a Black British Branch Davidian who survived the Waco siege in 1993. He was born in Jamaica but moved to Nottingham in 1964 with his parents as part of the Windrush generation. He joined the Branch Davidians in 1989 while studying to join the Seventh-day Adventist ministry in the United Kingdom. He moved to Mount Carmel Center with his wife,Evette,and mother,Doris Adina,both of whom would die in the 19 April 1993 fire. He left the Mount Carmel Center before the 19 April fire. He was tried and convicted in the United States of voluntary manslaughter and using a firearm during a crime. He was given a 30-year prison sentence and spent about half of it in various holding facilities in the United States. He was released in July 2007 and deported to the United Kingdom where he currently lives.
