T.J. Leyden, interviewed by Intelligence Report

About the author: T.J. Leyden is a former neo-Nazi skinhead and a consultant to the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, California.

Bored middle class white children are the most likely young people to join white supremacist groups. Recruiters walk the streets and attend punk rock shows looking for angry youth to entice into the movement. Dissatisfied teens who are looking for a sense of belonging and someone to blame feel welcomed by the strong brotherhood that white supremacist groups offer. The newest recruiting trend is to use the Internet to entice loner children.

Intelligence Report: What brought you into the Skinhead movement? T.J. Leyden: I was hanging out in the punk rock scene in the late '70s and early '80s, going to shows and...