In the spring of 2016, as immigration debates rocked the United States, three men in a militia group known as the Crusaders grew aggravated over one Kansas townâs growing Somali community. They decided that complaining about their new neighbors and threatening them directly wasnât enough. The men plotted to bomb a mosque, aiming to kill hundreds and inspire other attacks against Muslims in America. But they would wait until after the Presidential Election so that their actions wouldnât hurt Donald Trumpâs chances of winning. An FBI informant befriended the three men, acting as law enforcementâs eyes and ears for eight months. His secretly taped conversations with the militia were pivotal in obstructing their plans and were a linchpin in the resulting trial and convictions for conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction. White Hot Hate, written by Dick Lehr, tells the riveting true story of an averted case of domestic terrorism in one of the most remote towns in the U.S., not far from the infamous town where Capoteâs In Cold Blood was set. In the gripping details of this foiled scheme, the chilling, immediate threat of domestic terrorismâand racist anxiety in Americaâ is writ large.
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In the spring of 2016, as immigration debates rocked the United States, three men in a militia group known as the Crusaders grew aggravated over one Kansas townâs growing Somali community. They decided that complaining about their new neighbors and threatening them directly wasnât enough. The men plotted to bomb a mosque, aiming to kill hundreds and inspire other attacks against Muslims in America. But they would wait until after the Presidential Election so that their actions wouldnât hurt Don...