ronnie harper. now we'd made an appointment to see the federal u.s. attorney. thomas moore some hope? >> could you turn it on? >> lampton was appointed by george w. bush on september 7th, 2001, and he'd never heard about the dee and moore case until i contacted him the week before. >> it's a small world. >> small world. >> as it turns out, lampton and thomas served in the same army division at the same time but didn't know each other. lampton, a colonel, and thomas, a command sergeant major. >> the decision that there was not sufficient evidence to prove it happened on federal land was made before i got here. you got to understand the klan was a terrorist organization back in the '60s. they had a lot of power because people were afraid of them and people are not afraid of them anymore. we'll take a real careful look at this for you. it's the least i can do for my old sergeant major. >> all right. he said he's going to take a personal interest in that. he owed it to his sergeant major. that made me feel pretty good. he just impressed me the way he walked. like i