In August 1992, six U.S. marshals set out to arrest Idaho survivalist Randy Weaver over a missed court date on a firearms charge, partly caused by a clerical error ...

Randy Weaver, patriarch of a family that was involved in an 11-day Idaho standoff with federal agents 30 years ago that left three people dead and helped spark the growth of antigovernment extremism, ...

KALISPELL, Mont. — When Sara Weaver saw her father Randy struck in the shoulder by a government sniper's bullet in the Idaho wilderness in August 1992, she began to sprint back to the family's cabin ...

Back in 1992, federal agents surrounded the home of a U.S. citizen in Idaho. What happened next not only shocked the nation but it drove a change in federal policy when it came to the use of deadly ...

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From covert surveillance of activists to the Ruby Ridge siege and the Whitey Bulger scandal, here are three FBI controversies ...

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In “End of Days,” Chris Jennings recounts how a collision between apocalyptic Christianity and federal overreach led to a deadly standoff in Idaho. By Meghan O’Gieblyn Meghan O’Gieblyn is the author ...

From a distance, Vicki Weaver looked like an angel. One indistinct photograph is all most of us have ever seen of her, and in that image, taken by FBI surveillance, her face is as white as her long ...

The 1992 Ruby Ridge siege began as an attempt to arrest Randy Weaver, but quickly turned into one of the most controversial FBI operations in U.S. history. During the standoff, 14-year-old Sam Weaver, ...