Up to this point

Its not surprising that Matthew Hale denies any involvement in the killings of US District Court Judge Lefkow's family members. Its not a surprise because Hale's current involvement with the legal system started with his denial of involvement in a separate series of murders. Benjamin Smith was a member of a KKK splinter group led by Hale, and in 1999 went on a three day murderous rampage across three states randomly killing minorities. He killed 9 people before killing himself. At the time Hale admitted knowing Smith, who's membership to the group had expired a month earlier.

Reportedly Smith claimed to have had no racist sentiments until he began attending college at University of Illinois in Urbana, IL. In less than a year he had met Matt Hale and begun distributing literature from Hale's organization so aggressively that he single handedly incited a protest march against hate in Bloomington, IN. In an interview immediately following the murders Hale described Smith as "a pleasant person who believes in his people". Apparently, Hale had not only known Smith prior to the murders but had testified in Smith's defense at legal hearings involving the Bloomington incident.

In relation to the murders of Judge Lefkow's family members Hale has released a statement saying, "There's no way any supporter of mine could commit such a heinous crime." The message was conveyed by his mother from his maximum security cell. Hale graduated from law school and passed the Illinois Bar exam, so there's a huge amount of credible evidence that he's not this stupid. Hale was convicted of contracting for the murder of Judge Lefkow, yet in the same statement he claims, "Only an idiot would think I would do this."

To be fair, there's no evidence that Hale has killed anyone personally. When all the "he said, she saids" are done the only thing that truly can be said is in the last 6 years 11 people that Hale has led a personally crusade against have died violently.

The Middle of the Story

Tracing them is like tracing laundered money. At the dawn of the 21st. Century they have a vast network of splinter groups and shadow organizations to disguise their organized effort. It might be evil to suggest that Al Qaeda could learn a few things from the KKK, because god knows the Al Qaeda situation doesn't need to get any worse. If you don't count the master minds of the Boston Tea Party, whose descendants are doubtless what amounts to American aristocracy, the KKK are the oldest terrorist organization in the United States.

Their latest act of terrorism has taken place in Chicago. The mother and husband of a Federal Judge have been killed in their home. U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow had presided over a case involving Matthew Hale, the leader of a KKK splinter group. She did not judge in his favor and soon after the judgement it was discovered that he was plotting her assination from his prison cell. Now her mother and husband have been shot to death in the basement of her home. Its possible that there will be arrests made, but its not a lock.