When a Canadian journalist infiltrated a local hate group, he didn’t expect that he would help avert a murder plot in the U.S.
One day, you had a phone call with the Base’s founder and several other members. The next day, you got a message from the founder saying you’d done well, and it was time to meet a local recruiter in person. When you met the recruiter, what did you talk about?At first we were just feeling each other out. This individual’s fatal mistake happened when he said:
He told me that he was a member of the Canadian Armed Forces, trained as a combat engineer doing explosives work. He started talking about committing violence against anti-fascist activists. He told me that he had been going to the United States to engage in these paramilitary training events called hate camps. He was quoting these neo-Nazi figures off the top of his head, like George Lincoln Rockwell and Tom Metzger.
You mentioned in your reporting that on the encrypted chat, these guys venerated people like Timothy McVeigh. They called them “saints.” After your report, Mathews’ home was raided by Canadian authorities. Later, he was let go and fled the country, leaving his truck at the U.S. border. He went dark at the end of August. What happens then?
The organization has taken a hit recently because I think a total of eight members have been busted in recent months. But having said that, there are plenty of other members still out there. Some people look at the small membership number and say, well, that’s not much to worry about. But this group doesn’t want a big membership. They’re interested in what they view as quality over quantity. They’re not throwing open their doors to anyone.
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