Carol Moore
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Carol Moore (born c. 1951[1]) is a Libertarianism and peace activist[2] best known for her writings on the United States federal government's involvement in the Waco siege. She wrote in 1995 The Davidian Massacre: Disturbing Questions About Waco That Must Be Answered, co-published by Gun Owners of America Foundation and Legacy Communications.[3] She helped form the Committee for Waco Justice, a organization of about ten core members in 1995 that has protested in front of the White House for the dead and incarcerated Branch Davidians.[1][4] The primary aim of the Committee for Waco Justice – with Moore as its spokesperson – was to form an independent investigation of the 1993 raid and fire that started and ended the Waco siege, and sometimes it demanded that incarcerated Branch Davidians be released.[5][6][7]
Beliefs
Journalists David Montgomery and Paul W. Valentine noted in the The Washington Post that she did not necessarily believe in a grand conspiracy connecting the Waco siege, the Oklahoma City bombing, and a "New World Order (conspiracy theory)", but she actually spent time debunking those kinds of conspiracies surrounding Waco. Charleston Daily Mail reported that Moore dismissed analogies between the Branch Davidians and other deadly events that occurred on or near the same day, like the 1775 Battles of Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, or the start of the Warsaw Uprising in 1943.[8] However, she believed the Oklahoma City bombing may not have occurred if President of the United States President Bill Clinton and United States Attorney General Janet Reno prosecuted federal agents involved in the assault of the Mount Carmel Center.[9][10]
In her book, The Davidian Massacre, she argues that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) conspired to set fire to the Branch Davidian compound and that the ATF attempted to cover up the fact that they used machine guns in their helicopters during the 28 February 1993 raid.[11] She remarked in the South Bend Tribune that the federal government "set the fire [that killed approximately 76 Branch Davidians] and blocked escape routes" that could have saved lives.[4]
Moore opposed the execution of Timothy McVeigh, a White supremacy|white supremacist who car-bombed a federal office building in 1995 in Oklahoma City, and would have preferred life imprisonment as a punishment.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Valentine, Paul W.; Montgomery, David (1995-05-14). "GOVERNMENT HATERS FIGHT A BUTTON-DOWN BATTLE". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
- ↑ Wessinger, Catherine (October 1997). "Review Essay: Understanding the Branch Davidian Tragedy". Nova Religio. 1 (1): 122–38 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ Wessinger, Catherine (October 1997). "Review Essay: Understanding the Branch Davidian Tragedy". Nova Religio. 1 (1): 122–38 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Morris, David (18 July 1995). "Views vary wildly in Waco matter". South Bend Tribune.
- ↑ "Branch Davidian Tragedy Recalled". Charleston Gazette. 20 April 1995.
- ↑ "Branch Davidians Remembered Two Years Later". Associated Press. 20 April 1995.
- ↑ "Scores Gather to Remember Branch Davidians". Associated Press. 20 April 1995.
- ↑ "Blast on Waco Anniversary". Charleston Daily Mail. 20 April 1995.
- ↑ "Survivors, kin mark '93 Waco blaze". Deseret News. 20 April 1997.
- ↑ "Bells peal for 168 victims of Oklahoma City blast Davidians pray for 81 who died in raid at Waco". Toronto Star. 20 April 1997.
- ↑ Heard, Alex (15 May 1995). "The Road to Oklahoma City". The New Republic.
- ↑ Frothingham, Stephen (11 July 2001). "N.H. residents react to McVeigh's execution". Associated Press State & Local Wire.
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