April 17, 1993
At 3:50 p.m., Louis Alaniz, the first person to sneak into the compound, departed. Prior to his departure, the court-ordered electronic surveillance intercepted a conversation in which Schneider attempted to talk Alaniz out of leaving.
In the afternoon, the Attorney General approved the FBI's plan and directed that it be put into effect beginning Monday, April 19. The FBI commanders in Waco were notified of the Attorney General's decision at 7:00 p.m. The FBI began preparations for inserting the gas.
(The Myth: The FBI always planned to gas all those poor people!)
[The Truth: No it didn't. Any pressure the FBI felt came from the fact that outsiders were slipping through the perimeter like Alaniz and Amen. NONE of the militia types ever got through the perimeter but the FBI figured it was only a matter of time. They had been incurring the expense of besieging and putting up with headcases like Vernon for 49 days now.]
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