zwemke told me other strange things about the front.s leaders were close to people in the department of defense. that they may have gotten help with their operations in southeast asia. but what, if anything, did this have to do with the story i've been investigating? i learn of a former front member who spent years in prison. he'd shot a man in orange county over statements he made to the l.a. times, calling for dialogue with the communist government in vietnam. the would-be assassin's name is tran vanh be tu. and he agrees to meet me at a hotel just off the expressway. so he came out of this pho shop? >> thompson: no regret, no remorse. for be tu, this was not attempted murder. it was an act of war. >> thompson: be tu had been a hard core front member. he says they'd even tried to recruit him to join k9. but he split from the group before the shooting. so you were recruited to join the k9 organization. is that right? >> thompson: and it was your understanding that k9 was a hit squad or some kind of secret operations squad, is that righ