In 1994, 11 members of the Branch Davidian religious cult were acquitted of murder and conspiracy charges stemming from a federal raid and siege at the compound near Waco, Texas, the year before.

During the stand-off between federal agents and the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas in 1993, people gathered on a hill roughly three miles away to see what was happening at the compound.

What happened at Waco was a shock to everyone: not least the British government of the time. Despite so many Britons being inside the compound, the Foreign Office was not kept abreast of the FBI ...