Randy Weaver on fire. This visit was documented by British journalist Jon Ronson in an episode of his five-part documentary, "Secret Rulers of the World" titled "The Legend of Ruby Ridge" and his book "". Timothy McVeigh, who was convicted of killing 168 people in the Oklahoma City bombing of 1995, cited the Ruby Ridge incident as a contributing factor in his decision to attack the United States federal government. Randy Weaver and the Siege at Ruby Ridge have been the focus of several documentaries. On June 18, 2007 Weaver participated in a press conference with tax protesters Edward and Elaine Brown
Timothy McVeigh FBI hostage-rescue team who shot and killed Vicki Weaver in a standoff at a remote cabin at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992. He said he wanted Reno to accept "full responsibility in deed, not just words." Such an assassination seemed too difficult, and he decided that since federal agents had become soldiers, it was necessary to strike against them at their command centers. According to McVeigh's authorized biography, he ultimately decided that he would make the loudest statement by bombing a federal building. After the bombing, he was ambivalent about his act; as he expressed in letters to his hometown