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Journalist Leah Sottile examined that in the podcast “Bundyville” from Oregon Public Broadcasting and Longreads.
With the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, and the 10-year anniversary of the attempted bombing in Spokane, NWPB revisited some of those past conversations to remember how they’re still relevant now.
WATCH: Reviewing Anti-Government Extremism With ‘Bundyille’ Podcast Host Leah Sottile
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“But with this (second) season, we really kind of unpack this idea that extremist ideologies are being repeated by mainstream politicians, by local politicians, all the way up to the federal government,” Sottile told NWPB’s
Uniquely NW News in August 2019. “So what does it mean when all of a sudden the anti-government movement is a part of the government? That’s where we go with this season is trying to understand what changes when extremist ideologies become slightly more mainstream.”
attempted to use a weapon of mass destruction, an improvised explosive device placed prior to along the planned route of the martin luther king jr. unity march. he is facing life in prison. a federal law enforcement official speaking about the case anonymously to the new york times said it is unclear at this point whether the perpetrator acted alone and also said mr. harpham could eventually face more charges. the arrest documents are sealed but an anonymous source described as familiar with the investigation by the seattle times told that paper that authorities were able to link him to purchases of bomb components including a remote car starter and other electronics. and that at least one purchase was made with a debit card. the source also says dna recovered in the backpack or on the bomb was linked to mr. harpham. the day after the attempted bombing in january the fbi special agent in charge of the spokane fbi office told the spokesman review that the bomb appeared to have been,
november, 2004, entry is from him. quote, in the army my lieutenant told me timothy mcveigh read the turner diaries and there was a blueprint for a truck bomb in it. after i was out of the service and was getting to the point of advanced antigovernment libertarianism i bought the book and when i was finished i was extremely disappointed that there was no plans for a bomb inside. when kevin harpham appeared in court this week he acknowledged that he understands the charges against him and waived his bail hearing. a grand jury will wait later this month to decide if there is enough evidence to indict him and in the meantime he will stay in custody. we were the first news outlet to give this story significant national attention. we will continue to track it and we ll keep you posted. we ll also be right back. [ mal] this.is the network. a living, breathing intelligence that is helping business rethink how to do business. in here, inventory can be taught to learn.
named william pierce. william pierce is dead now. he is less famous for starting a white supremacists group than he is for writing a white supremacists novel called the turner diaries. the turner diaries describes a violent overthrow of the united states government by white supremacists. clippings from the turner diaries were found in the car that timothy mcveigh was driving. when he was arrested after bombing the federal building in oklahoma city. the book is believed to be part of mr. mcvey s inspiration for that crime. although authorities are not commenting on links between the suspect arrested in the spokane bombing yesterday and white supremacists organizations reporter tomas klaus with the spokesman review newspaper said today, excuse me, said yesterday that investigators believe mr. harpham posted more than a thousand entries talking about a race war and bombs on a racist internet forum. the paper reports that authorities will not publicly confirm it but they believe kevin ha