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It's late afternoon in September 1994.

In a mobile home in Kingman, Arizona, Michael Fortier is bouncing his newborn on his lap,

nuzzling her with his nose and enjoying her delightful giggles as they peel through the house,

when suddenly a car starts honking out in the front yard.

Fortier sits up, he wasn't expecting anyone, but the horn keeps honking, sounding more and more urgent.

So Fortier hands his newborn over to his wife and heads outside to see what's going on.

When he steps out onto the front porch, Fortier can see where the commotion is coming from.

His friend Timothy McVeigh is sitting in his car, laying his hand on the horn over and over.

Something must be up.

McVeigh is one of Fortier's best friends and usually treats this place like a second home.

He doesn't understand why McVeigh is parked in the road, summoning Fortier in the loudest way possible.

But then again, there's a lot that's unusual about Timothy McVeigh.

The two men met each other about six years ago, back when they were in basic training in the army.

They bonded over their shared political views, and especially their adamant belief in the right to bear arms,

and they're worried that the country is headed in the wrong direction.

Fortier and McVeigh have also grown concerned about the new world order,

the idea that an elite group within the United Nations is trying to control the world.

And with their fears escalating, Fortier and McVeigh took on a risky mission.

They broke into the National Guard Armory in Kingman, looking for evidence of UN activity,

proof that the new world order was mobilizing.

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