Inside a Neo-Nazi Group With Members Tied to the U.S. Military

Atomwaffen members or associates have been charged in five murders in the last two years — and the group has actively recruited inside the U.S. military. In the above excerpt from the documentary, correspondent A.C. Thompson and reporter Ali Winston talk with a former member of the group, who sheds light on its terrorist objectives.

“Atomwaffen Division, it’s a Nazi extremist group seeking to spread terror. The main thing is lone wolf activity,” says the former Atomwaffen member, who asks Thompson to call him John and disguise his voice.

As the film explores, this sort of approach has helped the white power movement continue to exist under the radar over the years — since such attacks often present as random, isolated occurrences, rather than as outgrowths of an organized white power movement.

“They don’t see themselves as terrorists. Rather, they see the United States as the ultimate terrorist,” John tells FRONTLINE and ProPublica of Atomwaffen’s ideology. “Like what Adolf Hitler said, how do you meet terrorism? You meet it with stronger terrorism.”