Introduction

Two men -- Carl Story and Vincent Bertollini -- having made a fortune in the high-tech world of Silicon Valley are now using their millions to promote old-fashioned hate: the idea that Jews are the children of Satan and non-whites are soulless sub-humans.

Home computers and Internet access, two products of the past decade's revolution in information technology, benefit white supremacists as well as the rest of society. As ADL has repeatedly reported, bigots are using the Internet to communicate with each other, raise funds, and fish for converts among the hundreds of millions of computer users now online.

Carl E. Story and Richard Vincent Bertollini, have chosen a different path ­­ they use their wealth to promote hate. Home computers and Internet access, two products of the past decade's revolution in information technology, benefit white supremacists as well as the rest of society. As ADL has repeatedly reported, bigots are using the Internet to communicate with each other, raise funds, and fish for converts among the hundreds of millions of computer users now online.

This explosion of technology has also profited the hate movement indirectly. The boom of the 1990s made a number of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs fabulously rich. Many of these individuals have spent princely sums on luxury items and contributed vast amounts of cash to charities. But two of their number, Carl E. Story and Richard Vincent Bertollini, have chosen a different path ­­ they use their wealth to promote hate.

In 1995, Story and Bertollini moved from Silicon Valley to Idaho, where they began devoting significant time and money to their "Christian Identity" ministry, the 11th Hour Remnant Messenger. Like other Identity adherents, Story and Bertollini believe that white Anglo-Saxons are the chosen people described in the Bible, that Jews are the product of a sexual union between Eve and Satan, and that non-whites are soulless subhumans. Ironically, while many extremists are increasingly using the Internet to spread their propaganda, Story and Bertollini are spending millions of dollars they made in the computer industry on low-tech mailings of Identity pamphlets, posters and videotapes.