Authorities Conduct Court-Ordered Reenactment of Waco Disaster
ANDRIA HALL, CNN ANCHOR: A court-ordered field test has been taking place in Texas today, designed to answer questions about the final moments of the 1993 Branch Davidian siege in Waco. The tests could prove whether federal agents fired shots at the Branch Davidian compound, charges authorities persistently have denied. CNN national correspondent Tony Clark joins us now live in Fort Hood, Texas, near the site of the simulation. Tony, what's happening there?</s>TONY CLARK, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Andria, the test has concluded, and now we're simply wait to hear from the attorney, the U.S. Attorney, and one of the attorneys for relatives of the Davidians to come out a little bit later this afternoon and talk to us about what they saw, what the results may be from the test. The test was taken -- took place on a firing range that's behind me about 15 or 20 miles. It was a ways away. We were not allowed to be able to be close to see it, but we expect to, either later tonight or some time tomorrow, to see a videotape. The tape is to be compared with a tape made on April 19th, 1993. That FBI infrared tape shot at the back of the compound, the Branch Davidian compound, shows flashes of light. The U.S. Attorney and the FBI have consistently said that those flashes of light are simply a reflection off debris or water or some anomaly. But attorneys for relatives of the Davidians that were killed say it was simply gunfire, gunfire that the FBI denies took place. So that was the whole basis for today's test. There were two aircraft put up in the air with infrared cameras. Soldiers on the ground fired weapons, there was debris on the ground. And an analysis of the tape shot today, comparison, if there are any flashes on that, with the April 19th tape may answer the troubling question, was there gunfire? Were there FBI agents at the back of the Davidian compound firing at the Davidians some years seven years ago? Tony Clark, CNN, Fort Hood, Texas. Search CNN.com CNNSI.com CNNmoney.com The Web