[Rebelbase]

The Reno Feds had every chance to do this at Waco:

"Norman Somerville, 43 David Koresh, was arrested last week on federal gun and drug charges as he shopped at Home Depot in Cadillac in Waco.

Authorities then spent the weekend combing his property in Wexford County's Antioch Township, about 20 miles northwest of Cadillac and interviewing the women and children living there "

[Poohbah]

IIRC, the Feds only had a search warrant, not an arrest warrant.

In this case, there was probable cause for an arrest warrant (including this jackass saying on ham radio that he intended to kill President Bush).