Season 2, Episode 6: Get Behind Me, Satan
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What are the warnings about this episode?
The following episode contains strong language, graphic descriptions of animal abuse and racist violence. Please take care when listening. Okay, so tell me the line that I've heard you say many times. Yeah, I knew you were going to get to that. That's unpredictable. Do you want me to say it? Should I say it for you? In 25 years, I've never had to burn Bibles, set fire to an American flag, I'm damn sure I've never been. Do I sound that country? No, I just have to still work on my accent. Okay, all right. You sound like I mean it. This may be a weird time to confess something, but I don't trust cops very much. I blame it in part on a career of being suspicious of authority, being lied to or shut down when trying to report. I was once part of a team at the Toronto Star that was sued by the Toronto Police Union for $2.6 billion.
They claimed a series we published that showed racial bias among the police defamed the entire police force. We won the suit, with costs. And then after 9-11, I covered many, many cases of young Muslim men who were profiled and had their lives ruined. Many of those cases involved undercover police operatives and their conduct smacked of entrapment. It's well reported that the FBI did not have a great reputation for undercover investigations. But it wasn't just post-9-11 cases. There are recent examples too. In October 2020, the FBI announced it had foiled a plan to kidnap and possibly assassinate Gretchen Whitmer, the Michigan state governor. It was a massive sting operation that involved two undercover FBI agents and as many as a dozen informants. But the case started to unravel when they got to court with allegations of FBI entrapment. In the end, four of the 14 men pleaded guilty and another five were convicted, but the rest were acquitted.
So when I first met Scott and he began telling me all his stories, I came at it with a healthy dose of skepticism, especially when it came to the base case. I knew the details from our research in the first season, but his role had never been examined publicly. What influence did Scott have over the group? And what made this case different from anything he'd done before? I'm Michelle Shepherd. I've been doing undercover work since 1996. I have never had to burn Bibles. I have never had to burn an American flag. And I damn sure was never with a group of people that stole a goat, sacrificed it at a pagan ritual, and drank its blood. And I did all that shit in about three days with these guys. And from CBC, this is Season 2 of White Hot Hate. Agent Pale Horse. Episode 6, Get Behind Me, Satan.
Here we go. Tent. If you want a personal tent with privacy and don't want to cuddle with the bros in the big tent. Rifle and sidearm. Ammo. At least 600 rounds for rifle to participate, but 1,200 rounds are recommended just in case. At least 200 rounds for a sidearm to participate, but 400 rounds are recommended. Bring your own food and drinks or have enough money to buy what you need. Bring plenty of water. None will be provided. Scott, a.k.a. Pale Horse, received this text in the lead-up to Halloween 2019. It listed what he needed to pack for an upcoming camping trip with members of the base. And it was sent by 20-year-old Luke Lane, who lived with his father Tom on a vast rural property about two hours from Atlanta, Georgia.
What is Scott's experience with undercover work?
Five changes of clothing, good quality boots, preferably black. Despite his youth, Luke had become the leader of one of the base's most successful cells, mostly because they held a lot of in-person training. They were prepping for their boogaloo, when they believe a civil war will cause society to collapse and their white power movement can take control.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What are the warnings about this episode?
0:36–4:40
2
What is Scott's experience with undercover work?
4:40–7:11
3
What was the purpose of the hate camp?
7:11–13:29
4
What did Scott witness during the goat sacrifice?
13:29–15:53
5
How does Scott navigate the neo-Nazi group?
15:53–20:41
6
What were the plans for the assassination?
20:41–30:44
7
How does Scott's background aid his undercover role?
30:44–47:13