When the conspiracy trial of 13 white supremacists began in Fort Smith, Ark., last February on charges that they were part of a plot to overthrow the Government and establish an Aryan nation in the Pacific Northwest, prosecutors were convinced that a jury would return a guilty verdict. Three of the suspects lead Hitlerite hate groups and claim that the Government is under "Zionist occupation." Nine of the defendants were charged with conspiracy, and five were accused of planning to murder federal officials. Six of the 13 were in jail for other crimes, including two found guilty of murdering Alan Berg,...
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