i was gladthat when you introduced this, you said that you wanted to hear thetruth. came here to tell you the truth, the good, the bad, andthe ugly. i am here to tell it all, pleasant and unpleasant, and iam here to accept responsibility for that which i did. i will not accept responsibility for that which i did not do. chairman inouye: before proceeding, may i make an inquiry of the witness? was that response from a written text? lt. col. north: those are from notes that i made in preparation for this session, sir. chairman inouye: it is not a verbatim written text? lt. col. north: no, sir, it is not. chairman inouye: mr. nields? mr. nields: colonel north, you left something out, didn't you? mr. sullivan: what is it, counsel? mr. nields: you testified that you assumed that the president hadn't authorized the diversion. lieutenant colonels in the marine corps do not divert millions of dollars from arms sales to iran for the benefit of the contras based on assumptions, do they? you had a basis for your assumption. lt. col. north: i had the approval of my superiors. as