fullbrook. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. hayman, don't you understand that the public see you as a geezer who was in charge of a phone hacking inquiry conducted by the news of the world who resigned from the force amongst allegations of expenses claims and allegations of improper conduct with two females who has told this committee today that you had no knowledge of editors or -- [inaudible] at the time while posing up to the executive level of news international and received, amazingly, received an award for this investigation? >> not for this investigation. >> [inaudible] [laughter] >> sorry, sorry. i have to apologize. >> apart from that -- can you answer -- >> but this is a disaster, this inquiry. an absolute disaster. under your direction. >> it's, um, under my watch, it's in my command, absolutely. >> absolutely, it was a disaster? >> well, at the time -- and i think peter's made this point -- is that everything possible that they were able to do given the resources and the parameters they had set was done. and i stand