and we immediately directed two teams of agents specifically on an observation of gary yarborough. what we had to do at this point was patiently wait. we had gathered a great deal of intelligence information, but i still wasn't in a position to arrest anybody. >> we had evidence that linked certain members of the group to criminal activities, but we didn't have sufficient evidence where we felt like we could go to a grand jury and get a warrant and indite. >> we were looking for a break to get through that log jam, and the break was thomas martinez being arrested in philadelphia, pennsylvania, for passing counterfeit money. >> robert mathews had been -- in the early formation of the order days had been counterfeiting money on presses and matthews at the time was in the process of trying to recruit additional members. one of those members was an individual he knew from the national alliance by the name of thomas martinez. martinez lived in the philadelphia area and provided u.s. currency that was counterfeit. he was instructed by mathews and others in the order to take those bills a