Stranger than fiction.

Next week Kevin A. Whitecliff will be the first of six Branch Davidians to be released in the next two months after serving approximately 12 years in prison. The six, along with a seventh to be released next year, were tried in 1994 and found guilty of various charges including voluntary manslaughter and weapons charges stemming from the initial confrontation and shoot-out on February 28th, 1993 at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.

The family of Jack Anderson, a columnist known for his career of breaking huge scandals and who died in December, has rejected an FBI request to review Andersons compilation of source documents. The FBI has told Andersons widow they want to review all documents and remove anything considered secret or classified.