He was a rookie reporter, still learning the ropes of the news business, when his editor asked if he wanted to go undercover in a para-militia called the Soul Crushers. The far-right group had threatened an attack on the US government that would make the January 6, 2021 insurrection look lik a Sunday picnic. The FBI wanted to know what the attack entailed but didn't have time to prepare an undercover agent. So, it asked the Universal Planet, a news magazine based in South Florida, if it wanted to plant a reporter. Though it was a dangerous assignment, Jeb Jablonski had gotten into journalism to righ wrongs and stem corruptio. “I'm in.”he told his editor.