by Jess Walter
Brown, Keith, 25–26, 27, 40, 43, 48, 62, 195, 259–60, 262, 321–26, 369, 376, 377, 382
Brown, Tony, 139, 188, 254, 255, 373
Bruders Schweigen, 67–69, 70, 75, 81, 276
Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 16
Bush, George H.W., 158
Butler, Richard Girnt, 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 74, 84, 94, 99, 101, 102, 112, 139–40, 141, 246–47, 400
Byerly, Herb, 79, 81, 82, 86, 89, 101–5, 109, 116–19, 123, 124–25, 303, 365
Caduff, Lorenz, 10–11, 188, 220–21, 235, 239–40, 253–54, 257–59
Caduff, Wasiliki, 257–59
Carlson, C. C., 28
Christian Identity, 4, 13, 56–57, 58–59, 66–67, 68, 70, 99, 109–10, 111
Christianity:
born-again, 31, 32, 35
fundamentalist, 55–56
survivalist, 40, 41–42, 44, 45–47, 56–57,
Clark, Ramsay, 391, 392, 395, 397
Clinton, Bill, 394
Cluff, Jack, 139, 140, 141, 143
Constitution, U.S., 18, 97, 140, 270, 304, 313, 363, 381, 384, 385, 386, 392, 395, 396
Cooper, David, 255–56, 261, 324, 383, 392, 393
Cooper, Larry, 159, 160–61, 163–80, 191, 211–12, 213, 228, 278, 311, 330
in Ruby Ridge shoot-out, 290–96, 319–20, 344, 345, 348, 385, 390
Coulson, Danny, 182, 192–93, 305, 379, 383, 387
cross burnings, 68, 75, 147
Cutler, Elden “Bud,” 72–73, 114, 276
Degan, Karen, 163, 179, 227
Degan, William, 159, 160–61
death of, 170–74, 175, 178–80, 182, 183,
190, 198, 199, 213, 218, 223, 228, 275,
276–85, 290–96, 308, 313, 319, 329, 331,
340–46, 350–51, 360–61, 364, 367, 369,
371, 385
in Ruby Ridge shoot-out, 163–74, 175,
178–80
Duke, David, 234
Dundon, Dan, 45
Ekstrom, Lonnie, 98
Ellison, James, 74
Ellsworth, Maurice, 128, 150, 152, 275, 279–80, 304
Evans, John, 64
Evans, Ron, 128–30, 133, 136–37, 144, 145, 312
Fackler, Martin, 344–46
Fadeley, Kenneth, 76–90, 100–109, 111–13, 115, 117, 119, 131, 218–19, 274, 297–301, 303, 365, 384
Falwell, Jerry, 31, 32
Feast of the Trumpets, 50, 249, 254
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 4, 66–72, 73, 74, 75, 113–15, 198–254, 256, 325, 394
ATF vs., 71–72, 308, 309
congressional investigation of, 385–86
Hostage Rescue Team (HRT) of, 151, 159,
183, 184–97, 203–4, 206, 211–12, 213,
225, 244–45, 299, 305–9, 333–35, 360,
380, 390, 391
Randy Weaver investigated by, 64–65,
69–70, 314
Ruby Ridge operations of, 2, 12–13,
198–254, 278, 305–9
rules of engagement of, 183–87, 191–96,
223, 280, 284, 305–7, 317, 332–35, 336,
338, 379–81, 383–84, 389, 395–96
Weaver-Harris trial and, 305–9, 338–39,
347, 370, 385–86
Federal Siege at Ruby Ridge (Randall Weaver
and Sara Weaver), 392–93
Fischer, Leonhard, 356–57
Flenor, Mary, 356–57, 358, 364
Flynn, Carolee, 34, 38, 39–40, 43–44, 46–47, 60
Flynn, Karen, 356, 357, 360, 364, 366
Flynn, Ray, 228
Fort, Tommy, 265–66, 278
Freeh, Louis, 379, 380, 386, 394, 399
Gilman, Garry, 268, 273, 281, 343, 374
Glenn, Gene, 184–85, 186, 191–93, 204, 218, 235–36, 237, 244, 248, 250–53, 262, 383, 387, 394
Gray, Mike, 189
Great Tribulation, 41, 43, 45, 50, 52, 55, 98, 121
Grider, Bill, 109–10, 111, 115–16, 131, 132, 134, 141–42, 144, 146, 153, 187, 189, 239, 254, 309, 310, 313
Grider, Eric, 109, 111
Grider, Judy, 109–10, 115–16, 120, 127, 131, 139, 141–42, 146, 187, 238
Gritz, Bo, 233–49, 250, 251, 252, 253, 264, 267, 285–86, 324–25, 372–73
Group, The, 44–45
Gunderson, Steve, 117–19, 123, 146
Haag, Lucien, 346, 389, 390
Hagerman, Gena, 361
Harden, Quentin, 391–92
Harris, Kevin, 3, 60–61, 135, 136, 146, 153, 154, 156, 196, 199, 275, 374, 393–94
first trial of, see Weaver-Harris trial
in Ruby Ridge shoot-out, 166, 168–74, 177,
182, 195, 228–29, 241, 278–85, 319–20,
328–31, 340–46, 348, 371, 389–90
in Ruby Ridge standoff, 5, 6–7, 13, 181, 186,
192, 198, 200, 262, 276–77, 279, 282
second trial of, 389–90
testimony of, 340–43, 346–47, 362
wounding of, 5, 6–7, 170, 171–74, 201–3,
204, 207, 208, 214, 224, 229, 231, 236,
237, 238, 241, 242–43, 332, 335–39,
380–81
Hart, Lance, 123–24, 221, 303
Harvey, Paul, 231
Hatfield, Cyril, 354, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 363
Hazen, Les, 204
Heery, Cornelius James, 228
Helterbran, Eunice, 356, 358, 361, 362, 363, 364, 366
Hitler, Adolf, 9, 75, 102, 114
Hoffinger, Adam, 391
Hoffman, Dorothy, 357, 358, 359, 360, 366, 369
Hofmeister, Everett, 94, 114, 125, 131, 139–40, 141, 369–70
Hoover, J. Edgar, 66, 190
Horiuchi, Lon, 7, 185–86, 195–97, 200–202, 206, 210, 218, 222, 250, 306, 317, 332, 333, 335–39, 343–44, 349, 373, 379, 380–81, 383–84, 385, 386, 389, 390–92, 395–97, 399
Howarth, Chuck, 101–2, 106
Howen, Ron, 72–74, 114–15, 264, 265–67, 274–82, 283, 285, 287, 289, 290–92, 293, 296–97, 305–9, 313, 318–20, 328, 331–32, 338–39, 346, 347–50, 357, 361, 365, 367, 369–70
Ruby Ridge standoff and, 25, 144–45, 152,
190, 310
Hudson, Henry, 149–51, 158, 181, 184, 228, 235, 278
Hunt, Dave, 130, 131–34, 227–28, 309–11, 349, 357, 367, 368, 370, 388
negotiations of, 136–37, 143–45, 146,
151–52
Ruby Ridge shoot-out and, 167–68, 172–80,
181, 282
in Ruby Ridge standoff, 7–9, 150, 158, 159,
165–66, 189–90, 193, 194, 211–13, 225,
251
SOG team requested by, 136–39, 143, 162
Idaho State Police Crisis Response Team (CRT), 176, 178, 319–20
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 85, 88, 89, 110, 115, 116
Jeppeson, Alan, 143–46, 148, 152, 153, 309
Jesus Christ, 16, 20, 29, 40, 43, 46, 50, 58
Jews:
as “children of Satan,” 2, 13, 46, 60, 67, 247
political influence of, 7, 67, 69, 84
prejudice against, 2, 36, 43, 46, 60, 67–68,
84, 116, 141, 268, 269
Johnson, Mike, 143, 149–52, 181, 184–85, 191,
203–4, 218, 251–52
Jones, Wayne, 125, 246
Jordison, David, 11–18, 40, 41, 47–48, 59–61, 91–94, 132, 134–35, 146, 193–95, 218–19, 237, 241, 254, 261, 321–22, 378
Jordison, Jeane, 11, 14, 15–16, 40, 59–61, 91–94, 132, 134–35, 141, 146, 193–95, 218–19, 237, 241, 254, 261, 321–22, 378
Jordison, Lanny, 11, 14, 27, 40, 47, 48, 49, 195, 218, 237, 261, 378
Jordison, Melanie, 27, 48
Joy, Marnis, 230–33
Judgment Day, 16, 29, 33, 40, 41
Jurgensen, Mark, 157, 159, 167–68, 179, 180
Justice Department, U.S.:
alleged coverup by, 3, 207, 224, 235, 279,
305–9, 320, 380
Ruby Ridge stand
off as handled by, 175,
181–84, 278, 279–80
Ruby Ridge standoff reviewed by, 193, 306,
376–81, 383–84, 389, 394
see also Federal Bureau of Investigation
Kahl, Gordon, 99, 129, 206
Kahoe, E. Michael, 183, 305, 306–7, 379, 383, 389
“kill zone,” 45, 115, 277, 313–14, 350
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 71, 77
Kinnison, Terry, 57, 58, 63–64, 69, 70, 94–95, 120, 314
Klang, Carl, 286
Kootenai County Task Force on Human
Relations, 70–71, 73, 95
Koresh, David, 299
Kozinski, Alex, 395, 396
Ku Klux Klan, 66, 71, 74, 75, 102, 234, 257, 325
Kumnick, Frank, 57, 65, 74–90, 92, 99, 100–101, 104, 113, 119, 120, 298, 300
Kumnick, Mary Lou, 57, 87
Lanceley, Fred, 5–6, 12–13, 186–87, 193, 204–5, 211, 213–17, 222–26, 230–33, 236, 243–45, 248
Lindquist, Kim, 275, 277, 278, 283, 285, 289, 305–8, 311, 316–19, 320, 328, 330, 333, 335–36, 337, 343, 346, 347–51, 357, 365, 367, 368, 370
Lindsey, Hal, 28–29, 32, 36, 37
Lodge, Edward, 285, 296–98, 299, 304–5, 311–15, 318, 319–20, 343–47, 352, 355, 360–65, 368, 369–70, 392
Long, Terry, 74
Luther, Dave, 22
McGuckin, JoAnn, 399–400
McLamb, Jack, 235, 239, 242, 243–44, 248, 249, 250, 325, 372
McVeigh, Timothy, 2–3, 375, 391, 393, 398–99, 400
Magisono, Gustav Anthony, see Fadeley, Kenneth
Manis, Wayne, 66–67, 68, 69, 70, 217–18, 250–52, 256
Marcos, Imelda, 272–73, 346
Margolis, David, 280
Marshals Service, U.S., 128–80
congressional investigation of, 385
FBI vs., 151, 190, 211–12, 307, 308, 309
Ruby Ridge operation of, 151–80, 183–84,
278, 316–17, 350
Special Operations Group (SOG) of,
136–39, 150, 159, 160–80, 184, 290
Martinez, Thomas, 72
Mathews, Ellison, 128, 274, 281, 316, 331, 332,
334–35, 343, 374
Mathews, Robert, 67–68, 69, 74, 217, 246–47
Mays, Warren, 130, 131, 144–45
Metzger, Tom, 74
Miles, Robert, 74, 75, 95–96
Militia of Montana, 102, 247
Milligan, John, 22, 25
Mitchell, Dorothy, 354–55, 356, 357, 358, 359,
360, 367, 369
Montana Freeman standoff, 372, 393
Morlin, Bill, 147–48, 209
Mormons, 15, 24, 27, 29, 40, 67
Native Americans, 10, 53, 62
Neal, David, 319–20, 329
Nelson, Steve, 112–14
neo-Nazis, 9, 10, 56–57, 70, 84, 302, 312, 335
Nevin, David, 72–73, 264–67, 274, 341–43, 374–75
as Harris’s defense lawyer, 263–64, 274–75,
278, 279, 280–85, 287, 289, 292–95, 301,
302, 311, 316, 319, 327, 328–29, 333, 338,
340–43, 346–47, 351, 355, 362, 367–68,
389–90
New World Order, 41, 70, 247
Norris, Frank, 159, 161, 162, 168, 172–73, 176–77, 280, 284, 290, 330–31, 364
Oklahoma City bombing, 2–3, 74, 286, 372, 375, 382–83, 391, 393, 397, 398–99
One World Government, 6, 97, 127, 136, 141, 144, 153, 155, 205, 229, 240
Operation Alaska, 248
Operation Northern Exposure, 151–80,
183–84, 278, 316–17, 350
Order, The, 67–73, 75, 76, 79, 84, 85, 86, 114, 128, 132, 133, 217, 218, 246–47, 252, 276, 277, 279, 398
Order II, The, 73–74, 76, 84, 114, 125, 133, 276, 277, 279
Perez, Tony, 158, 175, 176, 181, 316–17
Peterson, Chuck, 267–69, 273, 274, 278–81, 299–303, 316, 317, 326, 327–28, 341, 345, 347, 349, 362, 365, 374
Pierce, Barb, 60, 189, 263–64
Pierce, Brian, 60, 189, 263–64
Pierce, William, 74, 398
Potts, Larry, 181, 182–84, 192, 193, 305–6, 380, 383, 387, 394
“Queen of Babylon” letters, 127–29, 131, 304, 305, 350
Rampton, Gregory, 293
Rau, Ruth, 52, 54, 110, 111, 115–16, 120–21, 139, 152, 174, 184, 314
Rau, Wayne, 52, 54, 110, 115–16, 120–21, 158
Reagan, Ronald, 63, 64–65, 69, 70, 119, 277
Reno, Janet, 380–81, 391
Reorganized Church of the Latter-Day Saints
(RLDS), 15, 24, 27, 29, 40, 260
Reynolds, John, 254
Richins, Karl, 303
Roderick, Arthur, 150, 151, 156–59, 162, 164–65, 168–69, 170, 174, 175–80, 182, 191, 211–12, 213, 282, 290, 315, 317, 319, 328–30, 344, 361, 371
Roethler, Mike, 35, 46, 47, 60
Rogers, Richard, 181–86, 191–92, 204, 206, 211, 213, 236, 240–41, 299, 306, 332, 333–35, 379–80, 387
Rost, Frank, 357, 366
Ruby Ridge standoff, 5–13, 198–254
assault team in, 185–86, 196, 205–6, 210–11,
213–14, 222, 225, 244–45, 248
ATF operations in, 9, 221–22
congressional investigation of, 3, 383–87,
388, 392
coverup of, 3, 207, 224, 235, 279, 305–9,
320, 380
evidence at scene of, 243, 244, 249, 252–53,
331–32, 385, 388–89
FBI operations in, 2, 12–13, 198–254, 278,
305–9
government mismanagement of, 3–4, 252,
256, 275, 317, 333–35, 341, 351–53, 363,
377–81, 383–87
Gritz’s role in, 233–49, 250, 251, 252, 253,
264, 267
media coverage of, 3, 9–10, 147–49, 153,
154, 188, 209, 217, 219, 220, 221, 228–29,
234, 239, 252, 253–54, 344, 374, 377
negotiations in, 5–6, 8, 12–13, 136–37,
143–45, 146, 151–52, 191, 193, 203–5,
211, 212, 214–17, 222–26, 230–49
political impact of, 2–3, 257, 371–72,
396–97
Randy Weaver’s surrender in, 183, 192,
232–54
rules of engagement in, 183–87, 191–96,
223, 280, 284, 305–7, 317, 332–35, 336,
338, 379–81, 383–84, 389, 395–96
shoot-out in, 8, 166–80, 388–90
snipers in, 3, 7, 165, 166, 184, 185–86,
195–97, 200–204, 206, 210, 222, 236, 247,
250, 261–62, 275, 284, 288, 306, 317,
332–39, 343–44, 373, 379, 380–84, 386,
390–97
tactical operations in, 138–39, 150–51,
182–83, 225, 244–45, 248
trial for, see Weaver-Harris trial
U.S. Marshals’ operation in, 151–80,
183–84, 278, 316–17, 350
Weaver children in, 150–51, 183, 194, 236,
237, 242, 248–49, 256, 315, 317
Weavers’ supplies in, 6, 46, 198–99, 239–40
white separatists at, 7, 9–11, 174, 182–83,
184, 187–89, 209–10, 212, 217, 220–22,
235, 238–39, 246–48, 257
Rudolph, Eric, 372
Schmierer, Janet, 357, 358, 359, 363
Scutari, Richard, 74, 75
Seattle disco bombing, 113–15
Secret Service, U.S., 24, 64–65, 69–70, 94
Senate Judiciary Committee, 383–87, 388, 392
Sessions, William, 181, 235, 253
Sigloh, Ruth, 356, 366
skinheads, 67, 74, 99, 112, 114, 220–22, 239, 247, 248, 249, 252–56, 261, 262, 285–86, 302–3
Smith, Wayne “Duke,” 175, 176, 181, 183–85, 186, 190, 332–33
Soviet Union, 29, 36, 102
Speci
al Forces, U.S., 13, 23, 80, 96, 133, 212, 234
Spence, Gerry, 270–73, 377–78, 380, 384
Nevin’s association with, 264, 274, 341–43,
375
reputation of, 264, 267–68, 270–73, 302, 374
as Weaver’s defense lawyer, 3, 267–70, 274,
275, 279, 281, 285–91, 295–96, 299, 301,
304–5, 309–18, 320, 326–38, 341–47, 349,
351–56, 359, 361, 362, 365, 367, 368, 369
Spence, Kent, 268–69, 273, 285, 316
Sprungl, Greg, 388–89, 390, 396
Striker (Weavers’ dog), 154, 165, 167–69, 173–74, 178, 182, 187, 222, 228, 261, 280–88, 290, 293–95, 296, 312–317, 320, 327–31, 344, 355, 361, 378
Sukenik, Ron, 116
Supreme Court, U.S., 41, 397
SWAT teams, 4, 159, 175, 176, 184
Swift, Wesley, 66
Tanner, Steve, 57, 98, 110, 120
Tate, David, 132
Taylor, John Ross, 74
Thomas, Joe, 159, 161, 168, 172, 174, 176, 179, 180, 189–90
Todd, John, 43–44
Torrence, George, 312
Trochmann, Carolyn, 147, 247
Trochmann, David, 101–2, 106, 247
Trueman, Vaughan, 35, 45, 46, 313–14
Turner Diaries, The (Pierce), 74, 398
Valentino, Rico, 111–12, 114, 115
Vietnam War, 22–23, 26, 27, 31–32, 209–10, 234, 244, 247–48, 370–71
Waco standoff (1993), 2, 299, 325, 334, 374, 379–80, 383, 389, 390, 397, 398
Wassmuth, Bill, 73
Waxman, Seth, 395
Weaver, Clarence, 20–21, 219
Weaver, Elisheba Anne, 146–47, 153, 154, 155,
166, 178, 194, 195, 247
after Ruby Ridge, 254, 261, 324, 326, 381,
382, 392
in Ruby Ridge standoff, 200, 203, 206, 208,
214–15, 216, 219, 222, 224, 230, 240, 241,
250
Weaver, John Harris, 357, 359–65, 366, 367
Weaver, Rachel Miriam, 43, 48, 58, 61, 93, 94, 147, 154–55, 156, 199, 206, 287–88, 315, 323–24, 355
after Ruby Ridge, 254, 259–61, 321–22,
326–27, 349, 369, 375–76, 377, 381, 382,
392
in Ruby Ridge standoff, 5, 203, 207, 240,
241, 248, 250, 251
Weaver, Randy, 93–95, 96–99, 102–11, 123–30, 131, 136, 137, 138, 143–44, 165, 324–25, 372
as Christian fundamentalist, 4, 20–21,
28–30, 34–47, 58–61, 67, 70, 81, 87,
98–99, 100, 109–11, 132–33, 140, 141,
313–14
finances of, 47, 53–54, 57, 94–95, 100, 102,
103, 106–7, 120, 121, 122–23, 125, 135
first arrest of, 123–27, 128, 147, 153
first trial of, 3, 73, 249, 303
as fugitive, 151, 212, 277, 356, 364
government feared by, 4, 29–30, 36, 43, 52,