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Objectives were dead, in jail or part of a new 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 e...

Mountains with his family at ruby ridge, idaho. weaver was of interest to the 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...

Weavers 14-year-old son and a dog and a marshal all ended up dead. shot his wife dead while she was carrying her baby in her arms. >> fbi agents are trained to shoot only to defend themselves or others. the rules of engagement for ruby ridge were rewritten. >> decisions were made within the fbi which allowed the snipers to shoot at anyone who was armed. it was completely unjustifiable. >> put a bullet in my head. hey, ill make it easy. ill turn my back on you. >> not everyone who lives around he...

So because, i think 9/11 made us think that terrorism was only islamic terrorism and i think, you know, all of us are guilty of that, you know, that -- and what we saw in the 90s was the biggest threat in the united states then and now, its hard for us to fathom, and now, is white supremacists or anti-government terrorism. targeting individuals and/or institutions or government buildings. and we tend to think of terrorism openly as relates to al qaeda or isis, and its just not true. united state...

Conducting the investigation have to be removed. i dont know how you can argue that the fbi director shouldnt be politicized ever regardless of whether hes made mistakes then say its appropriate for the politicians who are the subject of an investigation to be the appropriate ones to remove a director. i dont get it. i think he made mistakes. i dont think its appropriate at all for the president and the target of the investigation, one of the targets, to remove him. >> stuart? >> he bucked the s...

Then say its appropriate for the politicians who are the subject of an investigation to be the appropriate ones to remove a director. i dont get it. i think he made mistakes. i dont think its appropriate at all for the president and the target of the investigation, one of the targets, to remove him. >> stewart? >> he bucked the system, don. i had met with some of my former colleagues today, ruby ridge, waco, the robert hansen investigation, the koburg tower, 9/11, you name it, the most notorious...

Fundamental different between that of a standoff between armed fanatics and federal law enforcement. its not just that these are different organizations. and different kinds of confrontations with different procedures. but also theres a different history involved. confrontations at ruby ridge and waco texas ended with scores of dead and inspired the oklahoma city bombing, the deadliest terror attack on american soil prior to 9/11. it isnt the only different history involved. npr reported bundy s...

Understand how strange this is for americans to be watching these people go in there and break these laws and then just go to dinner uninhibited by a law enforcement in any way? >> i think they absolutely understand how strange it is. i think they also appreciate the history of this kind of situation turning very, very bad. in 1992, in waco -- sorry, 1993 in waco, federal agents tried to serve a ar warrant to the people who had legal guns in a. co-pound in texas and shots rang out and 82 people ...

Right now. >> there are some people that arent ranchers who are saying they came into our community and took over. this is our community. why are they coming from outside into our community? >> i understand that concern. >> reporter: the group that now call themselves the citizens for constitutional freedom is still here. its now day four. we dont see any local, state or federal police out here. and it is in the middle of nowhere. were about 35 miles from the closest town. the lack of police pre...

What are the similarities or the differences? >> well, there are many similarities and many differences. when i talked to kor esh and his deputy sh snyder, they would refer to ruby ridge and the siege there. they spouted out a lot of the same anti-government rhetoric of the day. i mean, they were constantly. youd think you were talking almost to a militia man the way they talked. but kor esh also would say, you know, jim, im 33 and im a carpenter. and always alluding that he was god in a way. th...