I’m not sure by what standards CUT’s behavior wouldn’t merit attention. The group had spent $25 million on materials alone to build the biggest private bomb shelter in the United States, outfitted to house 756 people for several years. A month prior, an accidental fuel leak at the site had dumped thirty-two thousand gallons of diesel oil and gasoline into the Montana wilderness just north of Yosemite Park. And in the summer of ’89, two church members had been arrested for purchasing weapons under a false name, which revealed a plan to arm at least two hundred members, including with
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