This occurred during Bill Clinton's 1st administration. Janet Reno authorized the cs-gassing of men, women and children and shot anyone who tried to leave.
McNulty's "The FLIR Project" provides convincing evidence that Fully automatic weapons fire kept people in the complex, forcing them to burn. A massacre.
The ATF started planning their assault on the Branch Davidians in the summer of 1992 when G.H.W. Bush was president.