A couple of minor notes: Weaver and Vicki were not believers in Christian Identity - that was what Weaver was talking about when he said he had "discussions" with the Aryan Nations in Hayden. They knew who he was and that he wasn't one of them - showing up later wearing a wire would have been a death sentence. And a maybe-not-so-minor note: much of the hysteria surrounding the case was whipped up by media trying to frame the case as White Supremacist conspiracy - Geraldo Rivera's team claimed that Weaver shot at his helicopter, for example, which was a complete fabrication. Weaver was presented fraudulently as (1) a PTSD Vietnam veteran who (2) had his place surrounded by mines and booby traps, (3) was armed with automatic weapons, and (4) had sworn not to be taken alive. None of this was true.
Ruby Ridge: The Truth And Tragedy Of the Randy Weaver Family by Jess Walter, is a detailed and reasonably even-handed examination of the case. Highly recommended. And incidentally, when this wretched episode was finally played out in court Weaver and Harris were cleared of all charges except one count of failure to appear.
If one were to apply the same reporting standards to Bill Clinton or the current Present, Xao Bi-Dung, what would come of their real transgressions? Just truthful reporting would take them down as scoundrels. The fabrications of the left, if applied to them, would be historical scandals.