Use the link to the excerpt site...it is, in essence, the entire book.
That stand off, although very tense to begin with, had developed to the point where there was not going to be a physical/armed confrontation. The Bush administration had been put into in a bad/tight place by the farmers and their supporters and Rove was moving towards having the administration correct the situation before 911 happened.
A study should be done on how that event came about and what occurred in terms of activism, internet networking, public opinion influencing, and pressure on elected officials. I believe it can be modeled, cookie cut, and used for future assaults of a similar nature.
I was not there but did follow the events closely on all new media: talk shows, Internet news and discussion groups.
It was generally known among those media that the Bush Administration had responded well. As I recall the farmers and all on the conservative side put Country above all else after 9/11.
I unzipped some old news stuff I have and was reminded that the response picked up in late 2001 beginning with independent evaluation of the government studies.
That reminded me that the new administration had a hard time getting their people into the Interior Department and the Gore people out. (Ditto all agencies.) I remember calling my Congressman's local office staff to ask about the problem. The Administration had its hands full dealling with the turnover.
As late as August, 2001 the Administration still had not quite gotten the message. As one columnist put it, "If the president listens to advisors who think to finesse the problem with the usual mind games and double-talk designed to placate the implacable greenies he will have cause to regret it -- and so will the rest of us."
Thanks again for the link to your reports.