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>> in north dakota tonight the manhunt goes on for an anti-tax fanatic want for the murders of two u.s. marshalls. late today a small army of lawmen stormed the farm home of 62-year-old gordon, but he wasn't there, and so the search continues. >> that was an nbc news report from 183. as authorities searched the area near medina, north dakota, for gordon call. he was a fugitive for two years after violating his parole for a conviction for refusing to file federal income taxes started in 1967. call, who died in 1983, in a shoot-out with local and federal authorities, and it's the sheriff of lawr...

Members who got away are part of a militant anti-tax group. >> that manhunt for gordon call ended in another shootout in arkansas. nobody followed that story more than my next guest, james corcoran, chairman of communications, department of simmons college. he's also the author of "bitter harvest." and the co-author of "gathering storm: america's militia threat." mr. corcoran, good to have you with us tonight. what feeds this kind of angs or feeling that's an undercurrent in this country now? compare this to what you covered decades ago and where we are right now. >> generally, ed, this feelin...

Anti-government law breakers challenge the federal government and court orders. in 1993, 80 people, including four federal agents, were killed in waco, texas. the alcohol, tobacco and firearms folks, they were attempting to arrest mens of the branch davidians. suspected of violating federal firearms laws. in 1982, two people including a u.s. marshal killed during a raid in ruby ridge, idaho. randy weaver refused to surrender on charges of possessing illegal weapons. 1983, gordon call and his son fatally shot two u.s. marshals in medina, north carolina. call refused to pay his taxes or fees and...

He named it after that 1878 law that had forced union troops out of the reconstruction south. as mr. gale explained his idea, "county sheriffs were the supreme legal law enforcement officers in the land. and county residents had the right to form a posse tone force the constitution however they as sovereign citizens chose to interpret it. public officials who interfered," said gale, "should be hung by the neck at noon." so individuals are sovereign. only the county sheriff is in charge. the federal government has no authority. in this guy's white supremacist world. and yes, his operating theor...

Society was extreme enough for you, then you could join william potter gale and his radical posse comitatus. all through the 197 0z mr. gale worked the farm belt states specifically planting chapters in clusters in places like kansas and texas. his texas chapter was founded by this guy, who's named gordon call. before the posse comitatus thing got going, gordon kahl had already announced that he would no longer pay income taxes because he said he was sovereign as a man. he said the government was satan. and for a long time it was one thing to be that one lone guy in texas with that crazy idea....