GUNS
GUNS FROM
GUNS FROM CALEB COLE. >> Reporter: THE FBI ASKED
SEATTLE POLICE AND PROSECUTORS
TO DISARM THIS GUY, USING THE
STATE'S RED FLAG LAW.
AN EXTREME RISK PROTECTION
ORDER.
ORDER.
ORDER. NOW NEWLY UNCOVERED COURT
RECORDINGS GIVE DEEPER INSIGHT
INTO WHY CALEB COLE WAS
TARGETED BY FEDERAL AGENTS IN
BOTH THE U.S. AND CANADA.
THE ADAM WAFEN DIVISION IS
ARMING ITSELF FOR WHAT IT SAYS
IS IS A COMING RACE WAR.
SOMETHING THE WHITE SUPREMACIST
GROUP PROMOTES IN ITS ONLINE
CATALOG OF RECRUITMENT VIDEOS.
>> Reporter: THE LEADER OF THE
CELL ACCORDING TO COURT
DOCUMENTS.
DOCUMENTS. THAT TITLE HAS ALREADY COST HIM
HIS FREEDOM, ONCE.
>> WE'RE BACK ON THE RECORD IN
SEATTLE POLICE VERSUS CALEB
COLE.
COLE.
COLE. >>
COLE. >> Reporter: A SEATTLE POLICE
SERGEANT TOOK THE WITNESS STAND
LAST MONTH.
LAST MONTH. SERGEANT DOROTHY KIM TOLD A
JUDGE, THAT COLE SPENT MORE
THAN A MONTH BEHIND BARS IN
CANADA.
CANADA.
CANADA. >> THEY DETAINED HIM FOR 42
DAYS WHILE THEY WERE WAITING
FOR THE DEPORTATION HEARING.
THEY CONSIDERED HIM SUCH A
THREAT TO CANADIAN CITIZENS
THEY DIDN'T EVEN RELEASE HIM.
THEY TOLD HIM THE REASON THEY
DEPORTED HIM WAS BASED ON HIS
MEMBERSHIP IN A GROUP LIKELY TO
COMMITMENT TERRORISM.
COMMITMENT TERRORISM. >> Reporter: CANADA'S GRAVE
CONCERN LEADING UP TO ITS
DECISION THIS SUMMER TO BAN
COLE FOR LIFE.
UNTIL THAT LIFETIME BAN, HE
ROUTINELY VISITED HIS CANADIAN
GIRLFRIEND, SEEN HERE POSING
WITH COLE IN SOME OF HIS
GROWING ARSENAL OF FIREARMS.
>> IF SOMEONE MADE THIS FOR
THEMSELVES, THAT IS LEGAL.
>> THAT IS.
THE LAW ALLOWS THAT.
>> Reporter: EXPLAINING WHY
SOME OF THE GUNS POLICE SEIZED
FROM COLE RAISE ALARM.
AMONG THE MORE THAN DOZEN
FIREARMS, COLE HAD THESE
UNFINISHED AR-15 PARTS.
WHICH CAN LEGALLY BE PURCHASED
WITHOUT A BACKGROUND CHECK.
THE PARTS TO MAKE THIS HOMEMADE
WEAPON SEIZED IN AN UNRELATED
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. >>
CASE. >> YOU HAVE A FUNCTIONAL RIFLE
AT THIS POINT.
>> Reporter: THE HOMEMADE GUNS
ARE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A
SERIAL NUMBER, AND ARE
UNTRACEABLE, IF USED IN A
CRIME.
CRIME.
CRIME. >>
CRIME. >> IF I DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY
TO TRACE A FIREARM, I DO NOT
HAVE A STARTING POINT.
>> Reporter: THE SO-CALLED
GHOST GUNS ARE LEGAL, IF MADE
FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY.
AUTHORITIES SAY COLE ORGANIZED
AT LEAST ONE OF THESE HATE
CAMPS AS ADAM WAFFAN CALLS
THEM, INCLUDING FIREARMS
TACTICAL TRAINING IN WASHINGTON
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. IT'S PART OF THE EVIDENCE THAT
SEATTLE POLICE AND THE FBI
PRESENTED TO CONVINCE A JUDGE
THAT COLE PRESENTS A
SIGNIFICANT DANGER TO PUBLIC
SAFETY, AND TO GRANT AN EXTREME
RISK PROTECTION ORDER.
>> HE DEFINITELY RAISED A LOT
OF RED FLAGS WITH NOT ONLY HIS
IDEOLOGY, BUT ALSO ACCESS TO
FIREARMS, AND THE VIDEOS
SHOWING THEM TRAINING TO ENACT
A RACE WAR NOW.
>> Reporter: AT HIS PARENTS
HOME IN ARLINGTON, LAST
SEPTEMBER.
SEPTEMBER. POLICE SEIZED COLE'S FIREARMS.
AT A HEARING AFTERWARDS,
AUTHORITIES ARGUE THAT THE
JUDGE SHOULD LET THEM HOLD
THOSE GUNS WITH A CIVIL
PROTECTION ORDER.
PROTECTION ORDER. NOT A CRIMINAL CASE.
FROM THE BENCH IN THIS
COURTROOM, THE JUDGE ADMITTED
SHE WAS STRUGGLING WITH HER
DECISION.
DECISION.
DECISION. >> FRANKLY, I WAS EXPECTING TO
SEE SOMETHING IN THE
SUBMISSION.
SUBMISSION. SOME SORT OF SPECIFIC
STATEMENTS HE MADE, RATHER THAN
KIND OF THE EVIDENCE OF THE
GROUP IDEOLOGY.
GROUP IDEOLOGY. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M STRUGGLING
WITH.
WITH.
WITH. >>
WITH. >> Reporter: THE PROSECUTOR
SUBMITTED ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE
THAT COLE VISITED, AND
CELEBRATED VARIOUS NAZI SITES
DURING A EUROPEAN TRIP LAST
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. PHOTOS FROM A CELL PHONE APPEAR
IN ADAM WAFFAN'S ONLINE VIDEOS.
KATE MURPHY TESTIFIED THAT COLE
IS MORE THAN A PASSIVE MEMBER
OF THE HATE GROUP.
>> HE IS A KNOWN MEMBER, AND
HE'S ALSO THE LEADER OF THE
WASHINGTON CELL, AND HE'S KNOWN
TO MAKE PROPAGANDA FOR THE ADAM
WAFFAN DIVISION, THAT INCLUDES
FLYERS, AND VIDEOS.
>> Reporter: THE VIDEOS, THE
GUNS, THE WASHINGTON HATE
CAMPS.
CAMPS.
CAMPS. >>
CAMPS. >> THAT HE HAS A VAST STORE OF
WEAPONS THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH
THIS PLAN TO CONDUCT A RACE
WAR, AND BY PREPONDERANCE OF
THE EVIDENCE HE IS A
SIGNIFICANT DANGER TO HARM.
>> Reporter: WE HAVE NOT BEEN
ABLE TO CONTACT CALEB COLE AND
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REPEAT THAT
HE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH
ANY CRIME HERE.
THE EXTREME RISK PROTECTION
ORDER IS A CIVIL CASE.
>> SO BUILD YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT OTHER MEMBERS OF ADAM
WAFFAN, WOULD THEY ALSO NOT BE
CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS?
>> Reporter: THE JUDGE ASKED A
SIMILAR QUESTION IN COURT.
IN THE HEARING, WHY NOT JUST
TAKE COLE'S GUNS, THE
AUTHORITIES ANSWER COLE'S
LEADERSHIP, HIS ADVANCEMENT
TOWARD RACE WAR, AND HIS
ABILITY TO CARRY IT OUT WITH
THOSE FIREARMS ARE THE THINGS
THAT SET IT OUT.
>> IT'S A LOT TO THINK ABOUT,
AND SOMETHING WE HOPE THEY KEEP
THEIR EYES ON.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS
KIND CASE IN WASHINGTON, WHERE
THEY'VE TAKEN