now they're saying two attempted escape, kept in a cage. harsh conditions. how do you explain some is in cursive, some is in block letters. that may be an indication of monitoring. >> it can be. if his captors were trying to read what he was writing and they often are able to read block print but not cursive. it's like, i'm okay in spoken arab b arabic, i can't read it. it also indicates that maybe he's trying to send a message. the second letter there does seem to be aware that there was an investigation into his departure from the base and he seems -- he is defending himself. he's telling his family, tell those doing the investigation in d.c. wait until all the evidence comes in. he talks about the conditions being bad, not having confidence in his leadership, and the situation being very unsafe. >> does it sound -- what's the take? is it like it's propaganda