1.   The demonstration was a put-up job, organized by the authorities so they could arrest the cult leaders.

2.   The cult leader saw himself as a Messianic figure.

3.   The cult leader took advantage of the malleable, compliant personalities of his followers.

4.   A cult leader who attracted followers with his magnetic gaze.

5.   The cult leader had such a death grip on his followers that all orders were carried out without the slightest objection.

6.   An undercover ATF agent was in the compound just prior to the raid and realized cult leader David Koresh knew what was coming.

7.   And that they covered up what really happened during that initial raid on cult leader David Koresh more than two years ago.

8.   And like other cult leaders, the chubby Asahara maintained expensive tastes while demanding extreme asceticism of his followers.

9.   Anonymous juries were also used in the trials of the followers of the cult leader David Koresh and the police officers accused of beating Rodney G. King.

10.   As the children of cult leader Ervil LeBaron and his wives, they endured a legacy of religious vio lence that spanned two decades and left them orphans.