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From a brown corduroy recliner, Weaver can keep an eye on his two youngest daughters, Elisheba, 3, and Rachel, 13, who often play in the park across the street. His oldest daughter, Sara, 19, who works as a waitress, has rented a house up the street. On some days, Weaver sits and sips coffee from a mug emblazoned with the German flag. When visitors drop by, he mixes White Russians in the kitchen. Outside on the small lawn, a jumble of bicycles lies scattered across the sidewalk. A battered white gas guzzler hunkers in the driveway. He says...
...Weaver is waiting as his 87-year-old father fights a battle with cancer. He is waiting for his $170 million lawsuit to be heard against the government, in which he alleges the wrongful death of his wife and son. He is waiting to find out if he is to testify at congressional hearings on his case. He is waiting for the end of the probation that locks him in the southern counties of Iowa, his family's original home, until Dec. 17. He is waiting as Gerry Spence, the flamboyant Wyoming attorney who won Weaver's acquittal on murder...
...presence of Weaver, an avowed white separatist, has divided the town ever since he moved back two years ago so he could have help rearing his children. He came here, he says, because he had relatives nearby. But not everyone trusts his motives. A woman walking down Main Street says she is terrified by him. She has read all about Weaver and wonders if there are other reasons he has come to her town. "Is it to spread hate?" she asks. "Will there be trouble here?" At Gene's, a local bar where Weaver often hangs out, he is remembered...
...Since Weaver's release from jail, he has not talked publicly about his case. In the local bars, admirers who have seen the videotapes and heard fiery speeches about Ruby Ridge often approach him. They want to hear about the siege and how he beat the government in court. But Weaver simply walks away. He does this partly out of suspicion but also because "I'm one of those guys who talks, but it isn't until the next day that I realize what I should have said," he explains. Weaver is clearly uncomfortable with his role as hero...
Sometimes supporters show up unexpectedly. Like Ben, who arrived in an old pickup last week and knocked on the door. Ben had met Weaver once in Idaho and told him he would see him again. On a whim Ben decided it was time to keep his promise. So Ben, his granddaughter and their dog drove 30 hours straight just to sit in the same room with Weaver. They visited for dinner and then turned around and drove home. Weaver was a gracious host but shared little besides hospitality...