Into the devil's den : how an FBI informant got inside the Aryan Nations and a special agent got him out alive

In 1996, The Aryan Nations Was Considered To Be The Most Dangerous White Supremacist Group In The United States. This Brutally Violent Neo-nazi Organization Dreamed Of Carving An Isolated Homeland Out Of The American Northwest–a Dream They Would Finance By Robbery, Intimidation, And Murder. For Years, The Fbi Had Sought To Infiltrate The Aryan Nations, Only To Be Thwarted By The Group’s Extreme Paranoia Of New Members. Enter Dave Hall, A Tattooed, 350-pound, Six-foot-four Former Biker. A Black Belt In Martial Arts, He Could Fight, Drink, And Ride With The Best–which Is To Say, The Worst–of Them. But Hall Was No Stereotypical Biker. A Thoughtful, Articulate Man Blessed With A Photographic Memory And An Unshakeable Core Of Decency, Hall Was Looking For A New Direction In Life. After Hall Was Arrested For His Minor Involvement In A Drug Deal, Fbi Special Agent Tym Burkey Gave Him A Choice: Go To Jail Or Become An Informant. Hall Didn’t Go To Jail. So Began A Most Unlikely Partnership, Between A Hell-raising Former Biker And A By-the-book Fbi Man. The Oddest Of Odd Couples, They Would Slowly Forge A Unique Friendship Based On Trust And Support–a Friendship That Hall Especially Would Come To Value In The Months And Years Ahead. For What Was Supposed To Be A Short-term Assignment Grew To Something Much Longer, And Bigger In Scope, As Hall Became The Ohio Aryan Nations Leader’s Right Hand Man. And More And More, Hall Suspected That A Significant Terrorist Action Was Being Planned, Something On The Order Of The Oklahoma City Bombing. Yet With The Clock Ticking, Hall Found His Hold On Reality Crumbling As He Was Forced Into Behaviors And Beliefs That Repelled Him. With The Ever-present Threat Of Discovery And Death Hanging Over His Head, He Felt His Psyche Start To Fragment, Leading To Estrangement From His Family And Friends, And Vicious Bouts Of Insomnia, Night Terrors, And Panic Attacks. But It Was Too Late To Back Out. Together, Hall And Burkey Would Have To Finish Their Dance With The Devil. Harrowing And Intense, This True-life Thriller Is A Testament To Bravery, Dedication, And Friendship–and A Timely Reminder That America’s Homegrown Terrorists Can Be Just As Deadly As Those From Overseas. From The Hardcover Edition. Cover......Page 1 Title Page......Page 5 Copyright......Page 6 Dedication......Page 7 Acknowledgments......Page 9 Contents......Page 15 1. Close Call......Page 19 2. First Encounter......Page 22 3. The Invitation......Page 34 4. Bait......Page 39 5. In Good Standing......Page 46 6. Into the Dark World of White Supremacy......Page 61 7. Taking Risks......Page 77 8. Membership Dues......Page 90 9. Recruitment Rally......Page 102 10. White Noise......Page 114 11. Informant!......Page 124 12. Keeping Cover......Page 134 13. Idaho Immersion......Page 145 14. Side Trip with Psychopaths......Page 155 Photo Insert......Page 163 15. No Return......Page 183 16. Summer of Hate......Page 196 17. The Feast of the Tabernacles......Page 209 18. AN Meets Militia......Page 218 19. Terrible Times......Page 232 20. Conspiracy......Page 242 21. Clandestine Preparations......Page 252 22. Earle Cabell......Page 262 23. The Grand Dragon......Page 276 24. April Fools......Page 285 25. Meltdown......Page 301 26. Aftermath......Page 311 Glossary......Page 317 Index......Page 325 In 1996, the Aryan Nations was the most dangerous white supremacist group in the United States. This brutally violent neo-Nazi organization dreamed of carving a homeland out of the American Northwest--a dream financed by robbery, intimidation, and murder. The FBI had sought to infiltrate them for years. Enter Dave Hall, a tattooed, 350-pound, six-foot-four former biker. A thoughtful, articulate man with a photographic memory and an unshakeable core of decency, Hall was looking for a new direction in life when FBI agent Tym Burkey found him. But a short-term assignment grew to something much bigger as Hall became the Ohio Aryan Nations leader's right-hand man, and suspected that a significant terrorist action was being planned--but with the ever-present threat of discovery and death hanging over his head, he began to break down psychologically. But it was too late to back out: together, Hall and Burkey would have to finish their dance with the devil.--From publisher description