terry anderson is free. he was the last of the american hostages held by pro-iranian terrorists in beirut, lebanon. in the beginning of the 90s terrorism was thought to be done. people likely to use terrorism to achieve political objectives were dead, in jail or part of the peace process. a syrian delegation is in washington today, ready to meet with israel to talk about middle east peace. we thought the 90s would be a time of peace. not only was the cold war over, we had won. we have before us the opportunity to forge a new world order, a world where the rule of law governs the conduct of nations. the world was changing, and it was an exciting time for those who really viewed america as the nation that would embrace globalization. but there were many people who didn t like that changing america. in maples, idaho about 40 miles from the canadian border federal marshals are surrounding a cabin, where a fugitive white supremacist named randy weaver is holed
bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms because he had links to the aryan nations. and they tried to pressure him to inform on his friends in the movement, and he refused. weaver is summoned to court for a weapons charge that involves the selling of some sawed-off shotguns to law enforcement. now a force of 200 police, federal agents and the national guard have surrounded the house. this is nothing more than a show of force to scare everybody who lives up here in north idaho. we all have guns in our houses. we all have guns buried someplace. northern idaho has become home for a lot of people like randy weaver who want to be away from the problems of civilization and from civilization itself. he s not a terrorist. he s not endangering anybody. everybody that knows him has talked about him as a good, loving christian family man. never before has northern idaho witnessed this kind of fire power from the federal government. what should have been a relatively routine arrest