david shanis, how did this negotiation take place? what was it knowledged?ou for having me. first of all, the first autumn was with the state of new york that happened a few months ago. the recent news was the settlement with the city of new york, which happened just last week. fortunately, and this is the exception not the norm, both of those entities wanted to come to the table immediately. they were both serious about trying to resolve these cases. it was important to resolve them quickly, as you know, this case had a 50 year injustice that lingered and lingered and lingered. so for the government to resolve these cases immediately was essential. juan: david, in terms of the size of the settlement -- how was that reached by new york city? there was always, obviously, the questions about to what degree the new york city police department was aware of the assassination, the infamous they had an undercover agent who is part of the secret he deil. so what degree did the responsibilities of new york city, not just in terms of the convictions of the men, but th