take one from charlie louderman.e from the middle east in body bags. it was moan that literally wreaked of death. >> some of it had hair with blood stuck to it. some of it had burn marks on it. i said what in the hell is that awful smell? and billy looked at me and said you know that's how we're getting that money in here. on dead bodies coming from kuwait. in the caskets. >> reporter: the defense called that claim outrageous. >> just crazy things. crazy. 80,000, 100,000 in cash. coming bang in the body cavities of dead soldiers from iraq? this man had crazy things. >> reporter: the defense attorneys not only challenged the credibility of billy earl and his crew, they told the jurors the real reason frank howard was in contact with the east texas crowd boiled down to one word. blackmail. >> he had taken a guy who had been a straight arrow his whole life. i'm sure would it bother anymore the people in church knew he had a girlfriend, that he was in las vegas. all those would go into the reason. >> reporter: frank's da