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Implications if there are inspections that need to take place or any additional information operators need to have. >> david, when you look at the debris field, the lack of fire, the lack of smoke, i dont know if thats the pictures are old, but does it tell you anything? >> well, it does tell me that it was a singular point of primary impact. it appears to be two scattered points. meaning the aircraft did kind of skim or break apart just before it hit its main scatter point. but at this point, t...

That was a factor. thats a scary factor but we dont know. >> lets not put too much emphasis. >> not at this point in time. >> debra, if it was some sort of mechanical issue, one of the biggest questions if it was a problem specific to this aircraft or to this fleet, to the a-320 fleet in general. >> thats right. and investigators are going to be looking very closely at that. one of the reasons why they really want to get those reporters as fast as possible is because theyre trying to figure out ...

So not only what had these people done in the past but, again, what could we do, what could the generals say, what information could we present to them that would get them to provide what they needed at the time. usually it was more troops, more trainers, because we were woefully short. the problem wasnt so much that we were using information to do that. the problem was that you wouldnt want to use a psychologically trained team, you wouldnt want to use us as information operators to do that. be...

So not only what had these people done in the past but, again, what could we do, what could the generals say, what information could we present to them that would get them to provide what they needed at the time. usually it was more troops, more trainers, because we were woefully short. the problem wasnt so much that we were using information to do that. the problem was that you wouldnt want to use a psychologically trained team, you wouldnt want to use us as information operators to do that. be...

Pressure built for us to be able to provide better or more kind of assessment work. so not only what had these people done in the past but, again, what could we do, what could the generals say, what information could we present to them that would get them to provide what they needed at the time. usually it was more troops, more trainers, because we were woefully short. the problem wasnt so much that we were using information to do that. the problem was that you wouldnt want to use a psychologica...

Information operators to do that. because as you said up front, were focused on the enemy and we should have been, not on our own people. >> michael hastings, youve written this story for rollingstone.com. explain what you think is so surprising here. >> sure. and i would just like to say that was an incredible interview you did to start the show and your commitment to