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THE ORDER, WHITE SUPREMACIST, ARYAN TERRORIST RICHARD SCUTARI FBI WANTED POSTER
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The Order
, also known as the
Brüder Schweigen
(German for
Brothers Keep Silent
) or
Silent Brotherhood
, was a
white supremacist
terrorist organization active in the United States between September 1983 and December 1984. The group raised funds via armed robbery. Ten members were tried and convicted for racketeering, and two for their role in the 1984 murder of radio talk show host
Alan Berg
.
The Order was founded by
Robert Jay Mathews
in late September 1983 at Mathews' farm near
Metaline, Washington
.
[1]
Mathews was baptized into the
Mormon
faith as a high schooler. He formed the "Sons of Liberty", an
anti-communist
militia mostly made up of Mormon
survivalists
, fundamentalists and associates of
John Singer (homeschooler)
that had no connection to the historical
organization of the same name
.
A fundamental goal of The Order was revolution against the American government, which its members, and those of other white supremacist groups, believed to be controlled by a cabal of prominent
Jews
. The Order was named after, and partly modeled on, a fictional terrorist group in
William Luther Pierce
's novel
The Turner Diaries
.
[2]
The Order's goals included the establishment of a homeland (now the
Northwest Territorial Imperative
) from which Jews and non-
whites
would be barred. They often referred to the
United States federal government
as
ZOG
, an
acronym
for
Zionist Occupied Government
. Members of the Order included Randy Evans, Gary Yarborough, Bruce Pierce, Denver Parmenter, Frank DeSilva (also known as Frank Silva), Richard Scutari,
David Lane
, Randy Duey, and David Tate.
The Order drew up a hit list of enemies, and on June 18, 1984 radio talk show host
Alan Berg
was murdered in front of his home by Bruce Pierce, assisted by other members of The Order. Berg was number two on The Order's list.
In December 1984, authorities were able to track Mathews down to a house on
Whidbey Island
where he refused to surrender ..During a shootout, the house was ignited by incendiary flares and became engulfed in flames, and Mathews was killed. Mathews is considered a
martyr
by some white nationalists.
Funding
Next, the group discussed how to fund actions of The Order, considering bidding on lumber-jacking and timber contracts, counterfeiting money, diaspora funding from overseas oil countries, and robberies. Though timber contracts were legal, counterfeiting money appealed to the ideals of the group in that it undermined the government by devaluing US currency. Robbery was first denied as an option due to its perceived sinful nature, until someone suggested they could rob pimps and dope dealers, which would raise money for the organization as well as set back street criminals in their businesses.
The organization won a bid on a timber trimming contract for a trail in the Salmo-Priest Wilderness. After five hours of grueling work, Matthews decided to call off the work and head home. Headed back to the trucks, David Lane muttered, "Well, we're going to have to be better thinkers than our fathers were, because we're sure not the men they were,"
[7]
while Matthews mentions that the pay off from the job "would not fund the right wing for a week anyway."
[7]
The Order decided to try their hand at robberies, attempting to
target
pimps and dope dealers. After weeks of trailing black men in flashy cars and realizing they had no idea what a pimp or dope dealer truly looked like, they decided to switch to other crimes for funding.
The Order raised money through violent crime. This began with the robbery of a
sex shop
, which netted them 9.10. Their later attacks were more effective, including several lucrative
bank robberies
, as well as bombings of a theater and a
synagogue
. The Order ran a large
counterfeiting
operation, and executed a series
[
citation needed
]
of armored car robberies, including one near
Ukiah
,
California
that netted .6 million. Proceeds from these robberies were distributed to leaders of sympathetic organizations such as
William Pierce
(
National Alliance
) and
Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr.
(
White Patriot Party
).
Convictions
Ten members of The Order were tried and convicted under
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
(RICO) statutes with the help of the testimony of
Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr.
, who testified against Order members in order to have his own sentence reduced. In a separate trial, three other members of The Order were tried and convicted of violating the
civil rights
of Alan Berg. No one has been charged in the murder of Berg.
David Lane
, the
getaway driver
for Berg's assailants, was sentenced to 190 consecutive years on the charges of
racketeering
,
conspiracy
, and violating Berg's civil rights. He died in prison in 2007.
[13]
Order member Bruce Pierce was sentenced to 252 years in prison for his involvement in the Berg murder, and died of natural causes at the
Allenwood Federal Correctional Complex
on August 16, 2010 at the age of 56. Like Mathews, Lane and Pierce are regarded by many
white supremacists
as heroes, political prisoners and martyrs. In another trial, 14 men were charged with
sedition
, conspiracy and civil rights violations. Thirteen of them were acquitted, and the judge dismissed the charges against the fourteenth man for lack of evidence.
A 2011
NPR
report claimed that some of the people associated with this group were imprisoned in a highly restrictive
Communication Management Unit
.
[15]
Richard Scutari
, a member of the Order, was sentenced to a 60-year prison term in 1986,
[16]
and was removed to
USP Marion
CMU in July 2008.
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