Beating Them By Joining?

“Early that December, Rousseau summoned every available member to Washington, D.C., where the group planned to march without a permit on the National Mall. The Seattle contingent met at the airport. But Vincent didn’t show up. Although initially surprised, the crew soon learned why: Vincent wasn’t actually their ally. He’d made off with a huge cache of internal information, which documented everything from their bigoted and misogynistic rants to their recruitment methods and vandalistic exploits. Vincent wasn’t a Fed, though. He was one of a growing number of far-left vigilantes who are infiltrating the far right.” David D. Kirkpatrick in The New Yorker: Infiltrating the Far Right. “The threat from domestic terrorism is rising, but, with Republicans decrying the ‘deep state,’ the F.B.I. is cautious about investigating far-right groups. Vigilantes are leaping into the fray.”

+ ProPublica: Armed and Underground: Inside the Turbulent, Secret World of an American Militia.