" Related groups include The Order and White Aryan Resistance (WAR). (Encarta Interactive Encyclopedia 99").

             There are some major differences between the Klan and these later groups. The Klan was often based in local communities and government. They were so prominent in these communities that judges, mayors, and police officers were often Klansmen. But many of the more recently founded groups withdraw from society and express strong antigovernment views. The "Posse Comitatus", founded in 1969, teaches "severation," which encourages people to reclaim their personal freedom by returning or tearing up their driver's licenses, hunting licenses, social security cards, marriage licenses, birth certificates, and any other government issued documents. ("White Power, White Pride!").

             Members of groups like these are themselves at war with the federal government. Unlike more conventional criminals, many do not care if they are outmanned or outgunned. In some cases they want to die and offer themselves as martyrs to the cause. Many believe they are responding to a higher calling. Rather than obey laws, they resist them as a matter of principle, even to the death. Former Klan member Louis Beam says their intent is to "purge this entire land area of every nonwhite person, [Jew], gene, idea, and influence."(www.nizkor.org).

             A good example of this type of behavior is Gordon Kahl, a Posse Comitatus member wanted on a federal probation violation, who in 1983 killed three law enforcement officials before being killed himself. Following the Kahl incident members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the United States Marshals Service sat down to develop ways of avoiding similar shootouts. The guidelines they developed were maintain surveillance, contain the suspect, and negotiate first, have at times helped authorities avoid violent showdowns with committed hate group members.