c-span: you say who is the fellow dave silverman? >> guest: a character.avy seal who became one of general's most trusted right hand men, and very dynamic guy. very interesting guy. very entertaining guy, very accomplished individual. in fact now and dave had a great time hanging out with him on this trip, and now day silverman is the ceo of the mccrystal group which is his consulting firm he set up. c-span: you say in your book i've seen other places he's on the boards. >> guest: jetblue. he's offering training seminars for a lot of money. c-span: he got along pretty well. >> guest: $60 ,000 a speaking engagement and he has a book. c-span: go back to the moment who said yes you could come inside? >> guest: i got the e-mail from duncan and duncan said why don't you come over to paris where general mccrystal is going drum up support for the nato allies. he e-mails me then i e-mail my editor and said hey, you know, and he called and i said yeah can i go paris. my editor said get on the plane. by april 15, i had arrived in paris. c-span: 2010. >> guest: april