The press immediately noticed that the bombing took place on the second anniversary of the Waco incident.

Those hearings will focus primarily on the Waco incident, but Mr. Potts has been summoned to testify and some lawmakers seemed ready to interrogate him about the Ruby Ridge confrontation.

In the early and late 1990s, the FBI role in the Ruby Ridge and Waco incidents caused a public uproar in the government's role in the killings.

"This is in response to the Waco incident, for all our fallen brothers," the note read.

After the Waco incident, Mr. McGaw, who was popular with Republicans, was appointed director of the A.T.F.

Timothy McVeigh cited the Waco incident as a primary motivation for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

In 1993 and 1994, the FBI was scrutinized for its role in the Ruby Ridge and Waco incidents.

Beanie Baby Panic The Justice Department agreed to an independent inquiry into the Waco incident.

Two years after that, in 1995, this was the date chosen by Timothy McVeigh, in protest against the Waco incident among others, to bomb the Federal building in Oklahoma City.

According to series creator/executive producer Cheryl Heuton, the case featured in the episode paralleled both the Warren Jeffs case and the Waco incident.