The Order is a faction of the Aryan Nations Church of Northwest Idaho and was formed in the
1980s. FBI agent Wayne Mantis stated "This was undoubtedly the most organized group of terrorist-type people to have ever operated in the United States".
The order was led by Robert Mathews, a white supremacist. His beliefs were influenced by the Turner Diaries, which influenced the Christian Identity Movement.
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