David Leppard
Encyclopedia
David Leppard is a British journalist and assistant investigations editor of The Sunday Times
. He is the author of books on the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
, the Waco siege
, and Special Branch
, the British counter-terrorism and national-security police.
The Sunday Times (UK)
The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper, distributed in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International, which is in turn owned by News Corporation. Times Newspapers also owns The Times, but the two papers were founded...
. He is the author of books on the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103 was Pan American World Airways' third daily scheduled transatlantic flight from London Heathrow Airport to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport...
, the Waco siege
David Koresh
David Koresh , born Vernon Wayne Howell, was the leader of a Branch Davidian religious sect, believing himself to be its final prophet. Howell legally changed his name to David Koresh on May 15, 1990. A 1993 raid by the U.S...
, and Special Branch
Special Branch
Special Branch is a label customarily used to identify units responsible for matters of national security in British and Commonwealth police forces, as well as in the Royal Thai Police...
, the British counter-terrorism and national-security police.
Books
- The Bomb Squad. Jonathan Cape, 1999. ISBN 0-224-03568-1
- Fire and Blood: True Story of David Koresh and the Waco Siege. Fourth Estate, 1993. ISBN 1-85702-166-5
- On the Trail of Terror: Inside Story of the Lockerbie Investigation. Jonathan Cape, 1991. ISBN 0-224-03030-2