obviously, as an intelligence officer, i knew i had to have it vetted and reviewed. according to my lawyer, mark zade, the organization is responsible for clearing your book. in this case since i'm an army reserve officer, i gave it to the army and asked hem to say, what do i do? and that process actually progressed very well. i actually hired a researcher who would assist me in finding open source information to make sure that nothing we're talking about in the book -- and let me be clear. there's things we left out of the book which are highly classified. >> and you left out of the book because of the army or d.o.d. said leave it out? or you're saying you did that on your own? >> for the most part on my own. there's some things that the army felt they did not want in, and i just took them out. there was no argument. if they felt it was sensitive or something couldn't be referenced properly, it's out. and that process was completed by january of this year. and from there, after i received written permission, the written documents went to the publisher, and we move it had forward. and i'm a public spokesman for a think tank here. i sat in this studio on "larry