Byron Sage was the head of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation's
Negotiation Team at the
Branch Davidian incident in
Waco, TX.
"The FBI's job was to try to resolve this matter and to convince these
people to come out and face multiple first degree murder charges in a
state that leads the nation in capital punishment. It was virtually an
insurmountable task." -from CBS Sixty Minutes II with Dan Rather
January 25, 2001He's referring to the four
ATF members that were killed when they tried to search the
Branch Davidian compound for weapons, which is what led to the whole
standoff.