He also spoke to the media about alleged harassment of paramilitary group members by law enforcement.
[3] Also in 1994, Cole was involved in an incident at the site of the destroyed Branch Davidian compound in Waco.
[4] In 1997 Cole and three other militia members were arrested by federal agents and local officers in response to a warrant alleging they possessed machine guns in their house in Aurora, Colorado.
[5] In 1998 Cole pleaded guilty in a plea bargain to four federal counts of illegally possessing unregistered firearms.
Lee Hill, a defense attorney who represented the left wing icon Leonard Peltier, said "They made an example of him.