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As he gained their trust, Tenold had access to their conventions, backroom meetings, and even violent clashes with counter-protesters.
He wrote about the experience in his book, Everything You Love Will Burn: Inside the Rebirth of White Nationalism in America.
In November, he visited Houston to speak at an FBI anti-extremism seminar. While he was in town, he told Houston Matters producer Michael Hagerty that – because he didn't have a particular deadline like a working journalist – he had the luxury of time. And that allowed him to get closer and closer to the extremists he met.
MORE: Vegas Tenold on NPR’s Morning Edition
