he called coulson to make demands. and we have a transcript of what he said and i want to quote. this is a long haul thing and the stakes are very, very high and i thought that you'd want to know that this thing must not break apart for foolish reasons. we're protecting the guy s who are really responsible, but at the same time this is a two-way street. and as i said before, we think that now is the time when a move should be made, and surely the cheapest commodity available is money. and then he went and he talked to coleson's lawyer, bitman, and to bitman he told him the same thing, that commitments were made, and he would blow the lid off the whole thing unless the money was paid to him. and then he went and saw o'brien, the attorney for the committee to re-elect the president, and he said to him that he had to have $60,000 for legal fees and $75,000 for family support. he said if he didn't get it, he would reveal a number of seamy things that he had done for the white house and if things didn't happen soon, he'd have to review his options. the man that was making those demand