Rudolph did epitomize the modern militiaman. After his father died in 1981, his mother moved the family from Florida to rural Nantahala, N.C. When she enrolled Eric and his siblings in school, she refused to give their Social Security numbers, fearing the government could track them. She introduced them to several churches that followed "Christian Identity," a rabidly anti-Semitic philosophy; in ninth grade, Eric wrote an essay denying that the Holocaust took place.

A high school dropout, Eric spent a great deal of time in the Nantahala National Forest and, according to a CNN report, learned to hunt and fish, studied herbal medicine and fashioned himself as an army survivalist. For cash, he allegedly became a backwoods pot farmer and enjoyed the fruits of his work, getting stoned and watching Cheech & Chong movies. He joined the Army in 1987 and was discharged 18 months later; investigators think he may have learned about firearms and explosives while stationed in Fort Benning, Ga. Two months before the Olympics bombing in Atlanta, he sold his childhood home for $65,000. The buyers discovered an underground hiding space in it; Rudolph had dubbed it "the root cellar."

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Don't you have to be in a group to be a militia?

He joined the Army in 1987 and was discharged 18 months later; investigators think he may have learned about firearms and explosives while stationed in Fort Benning, Ga.

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What the hell do they think the Army does, sit around the campfire and sing kumbaya?