there re other people involved, sergeant walters, patrick miller, who they attributed their actions to lynch. these two individuals acted very heroically, and they deserve credit for what they did. and lynch felt the same way. we all had a discussion about it. so we were eager to set the story straight, but then there was also the issue of we weren't allowed to talk to the press about it, because there was an investigation being done by the military. and while the investigation was ongoing, we weren't allod to speak to the press. and that just fueled the fire, it seemed. >> hinojosa: and basically your understanding is that... the story out there in the media is that basically you guys messed up. >> yeah. that was another thing that... >> hinojosa: your unit had problems, you guys weren't up to par, you made mistakes, you made bad choices. >> yeah. it's amazing how they can put all the blame on these, what, 33 soldiers who had no control over that much of what was going . and then when it comes down to it, there are other people within the military that had the same problems. they had