Editing Ruby Ridge standoff (section)

=== Situational reevaluation, ROE is suspended, the siege ends ===
The FBI's HQ and the Site Commanders in Idaho both re-evaluated the situation based on information about what had happened on August 21 which they were receiving from U.S. Marshals Hunt, Cooper and Roderick. On August 23, repeated attempts to negotiate with Weaver via a bullhorn failed; there was no response from the cabin.{{r|rubyreport517_545|p=520}}

On about Monday, August 24, the fourth day of the siege, FBI Deputy Assistant Director [[Danny Coulson]], who did not know that Vicki Weaver had been killed,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Newton|first1=Michael|title=The FBI Encyclopedia|date=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-1476604176|page=154|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=74beCQAAQBAJ&q=Danny+Coulson%5D%5D,+who+was+unaware+that+Vicki+Weaver+had+been+killed&pg=PA154}}</ref> wrote a memo about the Weavers' legal position. The memo is recorded in the 1996 report (although it is unclear whether the Senate Subcommittee or Coulson himself censored the word "shit"):

{{blockquote|Something to Consider<br />
1. Charge against Weaver is Bull S___.<br />
2. No one saw Weaver do any shooting.<br />
3. Vicki has no charges against her.<br />
4. Weaver's defense. He ran down the hill to see what dog was barking at. Some guys in camys [camouflage] shot his dog. Started shooting at him. Killed his son. Harris did the shooting. He is in pretty strong legal position.{{r|Subcommittee|p=56}}
}}

The stand-off was ultimately resolved by civilian negotiators including [[Bo Gritz]], to whom Weaver agreed to speak.{{r|rubyreport517_545|p=521}} The wounded Harris, who had earlier urged Weaver for a [[mercy killing]], was convinced by Gritz's mediation to surrender on Sunday, August 30. Harris was removed from the property via stretcher and was then flown by a [[medical evacuation]] helicopter (a [[Bell UH-1N Twin Huey|Bell UH-1N]] belonging to the [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]]) to [[Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children's Hospital|Sacred Heart Medical Center]] in [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]].<ref name=hrgivsp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JnUzAAAAIBAJ&pg=5938%2C8470384 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last1=Walter |first1=Jess |last2=Morlin |first2=Bill |title=Harris gives up; Weavers remain |date=August 31, 1992 |page=A1}}</ref><ref name=laednr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p-4qAAAAIBAJ&pg=5928%2C99701 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Ashton |first=Linda |agency=Associated Press |title=End to siege drawing near |date=August 31, 1992 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name="gritzexp">{{Cite episode |title=Ruby Ridge |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/ruby-ridge/|last=Goodman|first=Barak|access-date=July 23, 2017 |series=American Experience|season=29|number=6|series-link=American Experience|network=PBS|date=February 14, 2017|time=45:15}}</ref> Weaver allowed the removal of his wife's body, which Gritz oversaw.<ref name=hrgivsp /><ref name=laednr /><ref name="gritzexp" />

[[File:Ruby Ridge - Surrender of Randy Weaver.jpg|thumb|Bo Gritz and FBI agents escort Randy Weaver down the mountain on August 31, 1992]]
The FBI HRT Commander gave Gritz a deadline to get the remaining Weavers to surrender, and if they did not surrender on the day of the deadline, he said he would resolve the standoff by launching a tactical assault.<ref name=BockAmbush98>{{cite book|author=Bock, Alan W.|author-link=Alan Bock|year=1998|orig-year=1995|title=Ambush at Ruby Ridge: How Government Agents Set Randy Weaver Up and Took His Family Down|location=Collingdale, PA|publisher=Diane Books|isbn=1880741482|url=https://archive.org/details/ambushatrubyridg00bock}}{{full citation needed|date=February 2017}}</ref>{{page needed|date=February 2017}} Weaver and his daughters surrendered the next day; both Harris and Weaver were arrested.<ref name=fwaicrt>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=db8jAAAAIBAJ&pg=5873%2C230430 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |location=(Idaho-Washington) |last=Wiley |first=John K. |agency=Associated Press |title=Fugitive's war in court |date=September 1, 1992 |page=1A}}</ref> Harris was in serious condition at Sacred Heart, but U.S. Marshals did not allow his parents to see him (or talk by telephone) until Monday evening, after a [[United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington|federal court]] order was issued.<ref name=aglvrrtr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lVxWAAAAIBAJ&pg=4771%2C1350970 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Guthrey |first=Molly |title=Agents leave Ruby Ridge to residents |date=September 2, 1992 |page=B1}}</ref> Weaver's daughters were released to the custody of relatives. Federal officials considered charging Sara, who was 16, as an adult.<ref>{{cite book|author=Neiwert, David A.|year=1999|title=In God's Country: The Patriot Movement and the Pacific Northwest|location=Pullman|publisher=[[Washington State University Press]]|page=66|isbn=0874221757|url=https://archive.org/details/ingodscountrypat00neiw |url-access=registration|access-date=February 8, 2017}}</ref>

Weaver was transferred by military helicopter to the [[Sandpoint Airport|airport]] at [[Sandpoint, Idaho|Sandpoint]] and from there he was flown by USMS jet to [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]. There he was given a brief medical examination at [[St. Luke's Boise Medical Center|St. Luke's Medical Center]]. He&nbsp;was held at the [[Ada County, Idaho|Ada County]] jail and arraigned in federal court the following day, Tuesday, September&nbsp;1.<ref name=wcdfrm>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6ZhfAAAAIBAJ&pg=3635%2C3827 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |last=Wiley |first=John K. |title=Weaver comes down from the mountain |date=September 1, 1992 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=wsfakwir>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=lVxWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2825%2C1353013 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Miller |first=Dean |title=Weaver says federal agents killed wife in retaliation |date=September 2, 1992 |page=A1}}</ref>