Did BATF illegally “kidnap” Koreshs gun dealer to keep him away from the press and FBI?
** March 1, 1993 BATF agents told Koresh’s gun dealer Henry McMahon and his woman friend Karen Kilpatrick that Branch Davidians outside Mount Carmel might try to kill them in order to “con” them into asking for protective custody. BATF flew them to the west coast. ** When McMahon and Kilpatrick realized they had been tricked, BATF threatened them with conspiracy charges and kept them away from the FBI and the press for a number of weeks. They probably feared the public would be sympathetic with Koresh if they knew he’d cooperated fully with BATF. McMahon and Kilpatrick are now suing BATF.
