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an army veteran with neo-nazi ties storms a sikh temple killing six people. tonight, the latest details on the shooting spree and the cop who helped save so many. >>> and mission to mars. as the most sophisticated space rover ever accomplishes a risky landing on the planet. meet one billionaire who is already planning to make it possible for people to move there. >>> plus, faster, stronger, suspended. five athletes have been sent home from the olympics for failing doping tests. after the scandals of years past and new allegations, how clean are the games of 2012? >>> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, an fbi investigation is under way into what provoked a shooting spree this weekend and whether it could have been prevented. just two weeks after the shooting in aurora, colorado, a gunman opened fire in a sikh temple in wisconsin killing six. today, president obama called for americans to do some soul searching as new details emerged linking the suspect to the neo-nazi movement. abc's brian ross has the latest on the tragedy at the temple. [ sirens ]

he faces the difficult task of cleaning up an agency with scandal in the wake of the neo- nazi terrorell debacle. >> we will restore what we lost with the uncovering of the neo- nazi sale scandal and subsequent document shredding in that case. >> the agency says it never knew about the neon potsie murder ring that killed 10 people, mostly foreigners living in germany. after the scandal broke, however, agents in the service destroyed documents relevant to the case. the interior minister is pushing for changes. >> we want better and tighter cooperation among the domestic intelligence services at national and state level. >> is also calling for more transparency in the agency's daily affairs. commentators are saying both he and the new spy chief are undere agency once and for all. >> it was once a stable nation in a shaky region of africa, but mali today is being rocked by a radical islamist group. it seized territory in the north and saw to impose harsh sharia law. >> the foreign minister told a delegation from germany that he will clamp down on the group. but who is the group extending

three soldiers identified as neo nazi skin heads were caught and kwikted of that crime. they wanted to kill blacks. the army came under fire because it was very obvious that these soldiers were neonazis. that lead to a crack down by the army trying to weed out racists in the ranks. and the army found there were threads of a subculture of hate in its ranks and they've had to address that over the years. >> did that subculture involve wade michael page? >> there's been a lot of ink written about this trying to put these dots together. it was about the same time frame that he was at fort brag. but we actually tracked down the original prosecutor of the crime, of the case today. he told us at the time they searched high and low for ak polices even a bona fide hate group at the base he found neither. organizations that monitor hate groups do say the military can attract people who have hate-filled feelings, but there's no clear indication that wade michael page had anything to do with any of these neo nazis that were at fort bragg at that time. >> he was kicked out of the arm

three soldiers identified as neo-nazi skin heads were caught and convicted of that crime. they basically just picked their victims for one reason. they wanted to kill blacks. the army came under fire because it was very obvious that these soldiers were nero nazis. one of them even had what was described as a nazi shrine where he was living. that led to a crackdown by the army on trying to weed out racists in the ranks and about two dozen soldiers were kicked out. the army found there were threads of a subculture of hate in its ranks. and they've had to, you know, address that over the years. >> did that sub culture involve wade michael page? and is this where his racist views began? do we know at this point? >> there's been a lot of ink written about this just over the last few days trying to put these dots together. it was about the same time frame that wade michael page was at ft. bragg. but we actually tracked down the original prosecutor of that crime, of the case today. he told us at the time they searched high and low for accomplices. even a bona fide hate group at t

it wasve written in 200 found he attempted to purchase goods from the neo-nazi national alliance.tell us who they are. >> the national alliance back then in the year 2000 was by far the most important hate group in the united states. it was an organization of about 1400 people led by former university physics professor, of all things, named william pierce. i think some of the listeners will recall him because he is the author of the race war novel called "the turner diaries" which has often been described as the bible of the extreme rights. wasdo not know what's page trying to buy, but what is true in what he did buy, the national alliance on something called resistance records. at the time, this was the premier distributor of white power music in u.s. our best guess is he was buying music. merely the fact he had contact with the national alliance suggests once again that he was very much in the center of this world. >> i want to go to one of his songs. ♪ >> if you would, mark potok, talk about the music and the messages in the music and to these groups are like end apathy, what i

he dressed, in my opinion, just like the neo nazi-type person would dress. and he was very quiet. kept to himself. was very efficient worker. but then he changed a little bit. he could not interact with females. and he had a problem with female authority. and he had such a problem that i started writing him up. and then eventually put him on probation and then we eventually terminated him because he just refused to take any orders from any female. >> and his supervisor was a female. john tew says that when page left, anderson, he actually left behind an application to join the ku klux klan. he came back for it and he had already thrown it in the trash. we also know he was fired from a truck company after he was cited for driving while impaired. anderson? >> drew, appreciate that update. joining us now is t.j. lie done and pete simi. he actually first met this man wade page in 2001 while doing a study on white power groups in southern california and spent a lot of time with him. he is a former white skinhead. pete, as part of your research into the movement, you met and spent a lot

. >> he started identifying with the neo-nazi group while he was in the army because he thought african- american soldiers got preferred treatment. >> specifically what he told me a one. was that if you join the military if you are not a racist who will be by the time you leave. >> before pictures like this with us on facebook, the fbi had identified military members and called it was a privacy acts. three soldiers were caught and convicted of murdering a a black couple outside of the base. the army kicked out dozens of soldiers but the problem goes way beyond one base. >> in every major military installation, you have acted neo-nazi organizations tried to recruit personnel. >> this former marine and skinhead says some military units ignored the racism. >> i used to hang a swastika and everyone in my unit all its my commander knew. dealers have ever as the ticket down was on the commanding general would come through so that it would not get in trouble. >> it is not to say that situation happens across the board >> here is a live look at golden gate park. you will see fog at the concert

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all were identified as neo-nazi skinheads.down on racism in the ranks, the army kicked out dozens of soldiers, but the problem goes way beyond one base. >> every major military installation, you will have at least two or three active neo-nazi organizations, actively trying to recruit on-duty personnel. >> t.j. leyden would know. he's a former marine and skinhead, who says some military units ignore overt racism. >> i used to hang a swastika flag in my locker and everybody in my unit up to my commander knew it. the only time they asked me to take it down was when the commanding general went through, just so they wouldn't get in trouble. >> now, that's not to say that is the case across the board. even leyden told us that in his brother's unit, his brother's commander took an extremely hard line on white power ad any sort of racist propaganda, and he would crack down on it almost immediately. so, the military has some very strict rules in this regard, but sometimes it comes down to how much the individual commander is going to e

. >> he started identifying with the neo-nazi movement while in the army. he taught african-american soldiers got preferential treatment. >> he told me at one point, if you join the military and you are not aist, you will be by the time you leave. >> the fbi had identified hundreds of veterans involved in incidents. small numbers of white supremacists have infiltrated most parts of the military to. while he was at fort bragg, three soldiers were caught and convicted of murdering a black couple outside of the state's theory is all or identified as a neo-nazi skinheads. fact >> this is a former marine and skinhead that says some military units ignored racism. >> used to hang a swastika. everyone in my unit knew it. the only time asked me to take the dow was with a commanding general came through. >> that is not to say it happens across the board, >> it is a all day around the bay area in some places. in other places a scorching hot stay. temperatures in the '50s. once you go inland is a different story. right now 95 degrees. we have a big spread on temperatur

allegations he was a neo-nazi who had been tracked for ten years.d the hero cop who saved lives while fighting for his own. >>> inside syria. a huge blow for the assad regime as a reporter on the ground gathers evidence that al qaeda is infiltrating the revolution. >>> consumer watchdog. those sports drinking turning up everywhere at the olympics. do they really give you an edge? >>> and out of this world. that spectacular landing today thanks to the hard work of this bicycle company in tennessee. "made in america" goes to mars. >>> good evening. we begin with a new twist in that wisconsin temple massacre. chilling new information about how and why one more sacred place in american life became a battlefield. we now know this is the gunman who opened fire inside that sikh temple. wade michael page, a military vet, believed to be a white supremacist. and with each passing hour, we're learning more about the victims. including the police officer who took nine shots while tending to the wounded. he's fighting for his life. in a moment, brian ross brings

this was filmed only a few months ago in germany by neo-nazis themselves. after the march they upload the video on the internet to propagate their ideology adding pompous music to support their message that multi culturalism is killing germany. >> they try to achieve attraction by young people, but the idea is awkward. it is mystical idea. we already killed and are killed by the system, by black ones, muslim ones, jewish ones, it is a racist idea, apop lick particular idea so utterly radical group. >> reporter: they call themselves the i am mortals, a group the german officials describe as a serious and growing concern. they emerged in may last year when a few hundred neo-nazis marched through an east germantown, a flash mob organized over the internet or using text messages. the signs target the mainstream political parties, democrats are causing the death of our people. al ban's call for action destroyed the lives of the democrats meaning people who support multi culturism. experts say the rhetoric is dangerous. >> they are already attacking people or att

: the shooter, an army veteran, in the files of sift rights groups because of long-time ties to the neo-nazi world, wade michael page. the shooting should help focus attention on the shadowy world in which page became prominent. >> reporter: officers came in seeking to help lieutenant murphy. >> he'd been shot nine times. one of them very serious in the neck area. and he waved them off and told them to go into the temple to assist those in there. >> reporter: today with oak creek and the country in mourning over yet another mass shooting, three people were still hospitalized, including the hero police lieutenant. and members of the sikh community are trying to understand why they, a notably peaceful religious congregation, have been targeted by what police call a domestic act of terrorism. >> it looks to me that this is a hate crime. i'm very, very scared of this thing. i never expected such incidents, especially in america. >> reporter: civil rights groups say the answer could come from the subterranean world of white power and its neo-nazi rock bands with its anthems of hate. southern pove

all were identified as neo-nazi skinheads. army cracked down on racists in the ranks and kicked out dozens off soldiers. but the problem goes way beyond one base."every major military installatioo, you will have at least two or three active neo-nazi organizations actively trying to recruit on-duty personnel." t.j. leyden would know. he's a former marine and skinhead, whoosays some military units ignore overt racismm.i used to hang a swastika flag on my wall locker. and everybody in my unit all the way up to my commandee knew it. the only time they ever asked me to take it down is when the commanding general would come through, just so they wouldn't get in trouble."now, that's not to say that happens across the board. in fact, even leyden admits that in his brother's unit, the commander there took an extremely hard line against this kind of racism. e would crack down whenever troops put out anything that had racist overtones, made them take it down, and send it home. the army and marines have strict rules against this. but ulti

and was a frustrated neo-nazi.nd they report in the year 2000 page attempted to purchase goods from the neo-nazi alliance. then america's most important hate group. brian levetz from cal state. and joining me on the phone is pete seemy who is at the university of nebraska. simi knew the shooter whom he met while doing research in the hate rocks scene. there is actually such a scene in southern california. so i want to get to that in a minute. brian, give us a sense of this. there's a lot in the atmosphere here. i don't want to draw straight lines between comments with people about infiltration in the united states and muslim brotherhood and this stuff. i don't know how much these killers pay attention to the news. what's your sense of the connection between atmospherics and individual criminal action? >> great question. first thing with these kinds of folks, they've already opted out of the mainstream to a large degree. so their hatred is there. they're also in a subculture that glorifies violence. he was one of th

he was the front man for a white power rock band whose music was promoted on a neo-nazi website. >> ihanged him i have no idea. and obviously we're never going to know. >> i'm totally devastated. his father is devastated. we're in pretty much in shock. >> david mattingly is live with us in oak creek, wisconsin. it's the southern poverty law center who said they've been tracking page since 2000. was law enforcement involved at all? >> reporter: this man han talking about his believes for quite some time. he may have been off the radar when it comes to law enforcement. but for the people who knew him, they say that his thoughts about racial ideas were well known to them. this going back to when he was in the military. in the u.s. army. a former army buddy tells us he describes him as being a kind person, a quiet person, someone who had a soft spot for his friends, but who believed very

. >> reporter: a known skinhead and member of a popular neo-nazi band, police say they are still working on a motive for sunday's attack. >> who he is. what he has done in the past. and the possibility of his being in other records of other law enforcement around the country are things we are still pursuing. >> reporter: the southern poverty law center, which tracks hate groups in the u.s., says page was a known name in the neo-nazi world. >> he was reportedly a member of the hammer skin racist skin half group which is an extremely violent skinhead group. >> reporter: despite page's known status within the skinhead group, the fbi says page was never specifically on their hate group radar as a posed threat. >> we had no reason to believe, as far as i know, no law enforcement agency had any reason to believe that he was planning or plotting or capability of such violence. >> reporter: president obama said americans would stand up to the hate that may have led to the shooting. >> i think the american people immediately recoil against those kinds of attitudes. >> reporter: as for the 9 milli

the southern poverty law center says he was a frustrated neo- nazi. opinion's stepmother laura spoke over the phone with fox news about the tax that left seven people dead including her stepson. >> it is beyond us to understand where this came from. he was just a typical little boy and teenager. we went fishing. we went camping. we played in the backyard with the dog. >> reporter: page was killed by police. the shooting is being considered domestic terrorism and the fbi is taking the lead in the investigation. they have not determined a motive for the attack. now, there are an estimated 2500 to 3,000 sikh families in the milwaukee area. american sikhs claim they have been harassed since the september 11th attacks in 2001 because many mistake them as muslims due to their turbans and beards. back up to you. >>> here at home, there will be a candlelight investigate is at the sikh center tonight. tonight's prayer vigil is at 7:00 p.m. at the sikh center on travilla road in rockville. rockville. >>> another big story we are following this morning, three pa

is it fair to say in a sense he was almost a celebrity in the neo-nazi music world?and many people would be surprised that there is such a thing. but there is and he was sort of a mini celebrity known within -- they call it white power music, erin. he began playing with these bands about 2000. and that's when various groups that track these hate groups began noticing this suspect, both the adl, the anti-defamation league and the southern poverty law center had been tracking him ever since. it was 2005 that he started his own band. it's called end apathy. that was a big moment for this guy. he began playing on some of the bigger stages at some of these hatefests. what's interesting, talked to an author of a book called "soundtracks to the white revolution." he studi this industry. and what's most important about it is this is one of their main outreaches to attract young people. >> today, there are literally hundreds of bands with dozens of different record labels here in the united states. white power music has become a multimillion dollar a year enterprise, drawing

if you haven't seen it already today ok this is a member of the neo nazi golden dawn party which now has seats in parliament in greece this is the spokes person attacking a strawman it female member of the communist party in greece on live t.v. take a look. but this you know they would be quite a. good movie but i think that was. ok. well if you look at what. you believe that footage it almost looks like mockery yeah well it's not this guy's this guy's a you know he's a loser he's a he's a criminal all right well first of all he was a kid. now in this government goes a psychopath your entries parliament is like by the way this is this apparently this is my job we found this on the internet spank me. that's that's kind of using for greek i'm not going to say what it is but in the case you know he has some other people is a little bit looser world and if you can see the woman that the member of parliament for the the communist party stood and took all through those so i suggest you go hit the gym at the gym a big guy kind of you know get some since you you couldn't even go. after three

an army veteran with neo-nazi ties storms a sikh temple killing six people.etails on the deadly spree and the hero cop who braved a rain of bullets to help save so many. >>> and mission to mars. as the most sophisticated space rover ever accomplishes a risky landing on the red planet, we meet one billionaire who's already planning to make it possible for people to move there. >>> plus, faster, stronger, suspended. five athletes have been sent home from the olympics for failing doping tests. after the scandals of years past and new allegations, how clean are the games of 2012? >> from the global resources of abc news. with terry moran and cynthia mcfadden in new york city, and bill weir at the olympic games in london, england. this is "nightline," august 6th, 2012. >>> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. tonight, an fbi investigation is under way into what provoked a shooting spree this weekend and whether it could have been prevented. just two weeks after the shooting in aurora, colorado, a gunman opened fire in a sikh temple in wisconsin, killing six. today,

fractures around them they're trying to hold it together despite protests bailouts the election of neo nazis the deflationary spiral down of the condom ease entered up of bond yields in places like spain and italy and nigel farage who you just heard from has been very frank about the possible consequences he fears take a listen this project could even reach this socialism in europe we'll start prediction more on that later first does the leader of the u.k. and pendants party member of european parliament actually expect any earth shattering decisions to be taken during this summit does he expect anything of substance to come from it that can change the current dynamics in europe a rising borrowing costs for the periphery and the possible disintegration of the union well let's see. let me tell you what will happen tonight tonight later on after the twenty seven leaders of had dinner with the bureaucratic bosses of the e.u. they'll be a press conference at that press conference mr barroso or mr van room for the two an elected bosses of the european union will put on the on the table a pa

or neo nazi white supremacists who had twenty seven different plots to kill americans since nine eleven congressman pete king scoffed saying quote it makes no sense to talk about other types of extremism when the main threat to the united states today is talking about al qaeda well today six americans are dead and three others are fighting for their lives at the hands of a terrorist gunman who did not belong to al qaeda and instead was one of those domestic terror threats the king was so unconcerned with at the time so what happens now on the heels of another mass shooting about not only raises more questions about gun control but also about domestic terrorism and religious freedom in america john nichols joins me now from wisconsin he's the washington washington correspondent with the nation magazine and author of the book uprising john welcome it's great to be with you know i wish we could be together under somewhat better circumstances definitely so we just had the aurora shooting two weeks ago and it brought the issue of gun control back to the forefront this shooting seems to be le

a white supremacist according to southern poverty law center page was formerly a front man for the neo nazi white supremacist rock band called end apathy apathy excuse me and apathy there are also reports that the shooter had a nine eleven tattoo on his arm and you may remember last year republican congressman peter king the chairman of the house homeland security committee began holding hearings into islamic radicalization in america and the threat of muslim terrorism and he drew a lot of crazy criticism for narrowing the threat americans face strickly to radicalize muslims and news and when he was asked why he won't be investigating other forms of domestic terrorism like anti-government extremists like joe stack who flew a plane into the i.r.s. building in texas in two thousand and ten or anti-abortion christian extremists like eric rudolph who went on a bombing rampage killing two people injuring more than one hundred fifty others including bombing the olympics or neo nazi white supremacists who had twenty seven different plots to kill americans since nine eleven congressman pete ki

southern poverty law center, back in 2000, the suspect tried to buy some sort of products from the neo-naziional alliance which the center says at the time was the country's most important hate group. drew griffin joins me now live with the latest on what he has been able to find out. drew, what have you been learning? >> anderson, this guy was really out front in this white power music industry. you'd almost call him a mini celebrity. he was involved with some of the bigger bands in the year 2000 up to 2005. that's when he started his own band, end apathy. they played at major -- i say that somewhat facetiously, major festivals of these white hate groups like the hammer skins and some of these other groups. venues where they would all get together. a group of bands and play their hate-filled music. devin bergart is an author who also tracks these hate groups. and he looks at this industry as not only a multimillion-dollar industry with hundreds of bands, anderson, but as a major outreach now for this white power movement. >> these bands are known for their recruiting and for bringing young