think richard perle. you can't miss him these days." and they go on -- it goes on to describe how you got your book going. and then they go on and criticize people like me who never -- i'll read what he says. "he still has the president's ear, and not one interviewer, not charlie rose, not nbc' matt lauer, not cnn's wolf blitzer has forced him to fully answer the conflict of interest charges." what do you say to the charge that you have a conflict of interest in all this? >> guest: well, the first thing i would say is that if they had troubled themselves to do even minimal research, they would have discovered that after various charges were made about conflicts of interest, the inspector general at the defense department conducted a thorough review that went on for many months. it is a judicial proceeding, essentially. i gave testimony under oath. so, i imagine, did other people and they came to the conclusion, and i think it is posted on the defense department web site, correctly came to the conclusion that there was no conflict of int