
Episode 2: The Brooklyn Boys
Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra
The Christian Front and the War on Terror
By late 1939, early 1940, the Christian front decided to overthrow the government of the United States. The group managed to get access to US military issue machine guns. In Narrowsburg, New York on the New York, Pennsylvania border, they set up a paramilitary training center. They're doing stationary target practice, but they're also doing military rushes where they take their weapons and advance anywhere from 12 to 15 yards at a time. One week ahead of that planned attack on January 13th, the FBI moved. It was because it believed the threat was too great.
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