far-right activists. In 1992, Gritz attracted national attention as mediator to the crisis involving his fellow Army Special Forces veteran (as well as Christian Identity follower and White separatist) Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, Idaho. He intervened on behalf of Weaver who, with his family, was living at his survivalist refuge at Ruby Ridge, after U.S. Marshals attempted to arrest him for failure to appear in court. The federal siege, which resulted in the deaths of a U.S. Marshal and Weaver's son and wife, ended after Gritz convinced Weaver, his daughter, and family friend Kevin Harris to leave their cabin and place his faith and trust in the court system. Attorney Gerry Spence was asked by Gritz to defend Weaver, which he did successfully, and in turn defended his action to do so in a letter to Alan Hirschfield. In 1996, Gritz unsuccessfully attempted to negotiate a conclusion to the standoff by the Montana Freemen, an anti-government White separatist militia group of Christian Patriot sovereign citizens who were wanted on an assortment of charges. Randy Weaver accompanied him during the trip but was not allowed by the FBI to enter the Freemen's ranch. After speaking with the Freemen, who have taken an "oath to God" not to get out unless their demands were met, Gritz left in frustration, stating that they presented him with what he called a religious and legal "mumbo-jumbo" to support their claims, and predicting the outcome as the Freemen being arrested by the FBI following "a confrontation of wills". Later activities In 1998, Gritz organized a fruitless search for the Centennial Olympic Park bomber Eric Rudolph in order to save Rudolph's life and persuade him to surrender to law enforcement. In 2005, Gritz became an active protester for intervention in the Terri Schiavo case. On 19 March 2005, when her feeding tube was removed, he was arrested for trespassing after trying to enter the hospice where she lived. Beginning in 2014, Gritz hosted a radio show on Americanvoiceradio.com known as Freedom Call. Writings Gritz is the author of three books. The first, A Nation Betrayed, was published in 1989 and contained Gritz's allegations of drug trafficking and a POW coverup, based on the Khun Sa interview. The second, Called To Serve, was published in 1992 and expanded on the previous book to cover a wide range of conspiracies, including the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and