Into the Devil's Den: How an FBI Informant Got Inside the Aryan Nations and a Special Agent Got Him Out Alive

333 Pages·2008·2.32 MB·English

by  Dave Hall

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into

THE DEVIL’S DEN

into

THE DEVIL’S DEN

How an FBI Informant

Got Inside the Aryan Nations

and a Special Agent Got

Him Out Alive

Dave Hall and Tym Burkey
with Katherine M. Ramsland
T

Ballantine Books New York
Copyright © 2008 by Tymothy S. Burkey, Dave Hall

and Katherine M. Ramsland

All rights reserved.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hall, Dave.

Into the devil’s den : how an FBI informant got inside the Aryan Nations and a special

agent got him out alive / Dave Hall and Tym Burkey, with Katherine M. Ramsland.

p. cm.

Includes index.

eISBN: 978-0-345-50466-1
1. Hall, Dave 2. Church of Jesus Christ Christian, Aryan Nations.

3. White supremacy movements—United States. 4. Hate groups—United States.

5. Terrorism—United States. 6. United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

I. Burkey, Tym. II. Ramsland, Katherine M. III. Title.

E184.A1H2132 2008

320.5'6—dc22 2007032393

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Dave Hall
To my mother Peggy, who has always
been there for me
Tym Burkey
To Anne, my sons, and daughter who have sacrificed
in many ways over the years

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Dave Hall
First and foremost I want to thank K. C. McGuire, without whom
this book would never have been written. It was K.C.’s idea that I
write about my time undercover in the Aryan Nations, and her
constant support, encouragement, and relentless determination to
see my story in print made this book possible. Thank you, K.C., I
could never have done this without you.
Thank you to Bill for his help with the photographs that appear
in this book.
And finally, thank you to FBI Special Agent Tym Burkey. I had
my doubts about Tym at the start of the investigation, but he never
once let me down and he became a close and trusted friend. Thanks
for watching my back, Tym.
Tym Burkey
I want to thank K. C. McGuire. Her insight, perseverance, and dili­
gence made this project happen.
I would like to recognize my “Boss” at the time, the special agent
in charge, Sheri Farrar (retired); the assistant special agent in
charge, the late Henry Ragle; my supervisor and friend Roger Wil­
viii | Acknowledgments
son; and all of the men and women of the Cincinnati Division who
sacrificed time with their loved ones to work this case.
A special thanks to a friend and mentor, Pam Quinn, at FBI head­
quarters.
And thank you to the rest of the employees of the FBI, then and
now, who work to secure the United States and its people every day.
Lastly, to an American hero, my friend and writing partner, Dave
Hall. Thank you for risking it all to make this world a safer place.
Dave Hall and Tym Burkey
We would also like to thank our literary agent Kim Lionetti for tak­
ing on this project, our collaborator Katherine Ramsland who came
up with the idea to tell this story as a dual memoir, and Senior Edi­
tor Mark Tavani at Ballantine Books/Random House for his enthu­
siastic support of this book.