he gave his first interview since then to cbs reporter jamie lucas. >> reporter: tensions in the san francisco bay area were running high in february over a series of raids, enen ice. with the guidance of his superiors in washington dc, it fell to james schwab to communicate with journalists about the rates. >> the day before the operation took place, the oakland manor surprises and announced our operation.>> here is my message. how dare you. >> how dare you distort the reality? >> reporter: she was putting your officers lives in danger. am i correct. it was 16% higher than higher estimates. internally, that was considered a success. what they publicly said was that she let people go.>> and that was not true.>> right. >> reporter: schwab health craft estimate to that media saying, somewhere able to elude us. he was comfortable with that statement he says, because it included the words "some of.". >> this is a spin statement. >> reporter: a week later, atty. general. left just back -- jeff sessions words were different. >> those are 800 wanted criminals that are now at large in the co