Hostage Rescue Team
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The Hostage Rescue Team is the Federal Bureau of Investigation's elite tactical unit. The HRT was formed to provide a full-time federal law enforcement tactical capability to respond to major terroris
FBI HRT agents in June 2006
Hostage Rescue Team agents
HRT operators in training
FBI HRT operators prepare to storm a room during CQC exercises.
Ruby Ridge standoff
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The Ruby Ridge standoff was the siege of the Weaver family home in Boundary County, Idaho, in August 1992. On August 21, deputies of the United States Marshals Service came to arrest Randy Weaver unde
Hostage Rescue Team
…increased public and Congressional scrutiny, along with federal law enforcement in general, due to what some saw as heavy-handed tactics used at Waco and Ruby Ridge. In the aftermath of the USS Cole bombing, HRT had a rare full deployment to Yemen. Under the authority of the Yemeni Government, brokered by the State…
Vicki Weaver Last Photo 1992
Weavers 1992
A prominent sign on the Weavers' property showing their religious views
The body of Striker after he was shot and killed by Marshal Art Roderick