False Prophets: The Firsthand Account of a Husband-Wife Team Working for the FBI and Living in Deepest Cover With the Montana Freemen

by Dale Jakes, Clint Richmond

An account of the lives of the Montana Freemen, a violent militia group, by an undercover husband-and-wife team

Genres: Nonfiction

335 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1905

Reviews

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

When I searched Gooodreads to find this book to add to my list I was astounded to find many books that used "false prophets" in their titles. Most of these books have to do with religious fanatacism or scam artists purveying their strange products. This book is about both and even more. While I was slightly interested in the premise of a husband/wife team going undercover to intercept information from the Freemen, a racist-homegrown-USA-terrorist organization, I became even more interested in the FBI's role in this operation. The book is very dated (1995-) and the co-authors, Dale and Connie Jakes, had to have alot of help from their co-writer, Clint Richmond. I say this because the Jakes are a hardscrabble couple, whose sincerity and patriotism cannot be doubted, but whose schooling and experience outside of their rough and tumble lifestyles could not really have helped contribute to the volcabulary and organization of the information presented. The plot in short, is about a couple who try to help the US government via the FBI, infiltrate the Freemen, a dangerous red-neck, counter USA group. The Jakes do a good job and the FBI screws them. This all takes place in Montana with miltia groups from Kansas, Colorado, Arizona, Ohio and Arkansas among others coming to meetings to learn how to kill black people, read the Bible and clean their guns. Although I gained insight, I guess, into a covert operation on U.S. soil, and actually liked the Jakes for their effort, I would not read this book again and you don't have to either.