Reporting Highlights
A Freelance Vigilante: A wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover, climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didnβt tell police or the FBI. He didnβt 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.
βThis story is part of the Cory Doctorow collection Radicalized, published by Macmillan in 2019. You can find more information on the entire book at the Macmillan website. It is being republished with permission for reasons that will become clear if you read it.β