A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell his family or friends. The Future of Militias: He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and government attorneys. Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump. A Secret Trove: He sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement
The Future of Militias: He penetrated a new generation of militia leaders, which included doctors and government attorneys. Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump.
A Secret Trove: He sent ProPublica a massive trove of documents. The conversations that he secretly recorded give a unique, startling window into the militia movement.
Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20250108121022/https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole
11 Comments
glimse@lemmy.world · 54 pts · 1y
I saw the headlines when this initially broke but just got around to reading the propublica piece on Monday and....holy shit that was a ride.
Highly recommended read. If the US survives to 2030 I can absolutely see the story being adapted into a spy thriller.
jagged_circle@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y
If you liked this, read Confessions of am Economic Hitman. Honestly I think its better. And true.
negativenull@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 1y
This is Propublica at their best. Definitely read this (they have an audio option as well if you rather)
OmegaLemmy@discuss.online · 32 pts · 1y
READ THIS
It reads as if it's a very well made movie script but it's all real, it's incredible actually
Beyond the state of these militia groups it's very effective at destroying my writers block
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 1y
Kinda reminds me of Malone, an 80's action movie with Burt Reynolds about a White Nationalist buying up property in Oregon to facilitate his terrorist cells, but without the infiltration part.
watson387@sopuli.xyz · 27 pts · 1y
That dude has enormous balls.
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 15 pts · 1y
I like his message to his former militia members and the paranoia they will have in the future from his actions.
elbowgrease@lemm.ee · 23 pts · 1y
just finished the article - this one's worth the time to read!
Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
Well that's uniquely distressing
finitebanjo@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
BTW by "Militia" they mean "Terrorists."
asunaspersonalasst@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
The gigachad of all gigachads. I wish him wellz wherever his is rn...