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Trying to get the full amount? >> reporter: we have been able to really track this story and follow it because those numbers you mentioned just jumped out at us. he was able to document to the dollar all of the canceled trips to the end of the year. yet, getting this amount that didn't even come close. we kept following up on it and not only the bp but also with the man who will be running this claims process, ken feinberg. >> six boats, right? give or take. >> reporter: his customers scared off by the oil spill. he filed a claim with bp for damage done to his fishing zblis they want 22008 and...

>> he they wanted 2007, 2008, 2009 returns, they wanted my log books, bank statements, license, p & l statement. >> so you laid out all this paperwork for them. >> everything. >> reporter: to the number. >> to the penny, virtually. my bookings for this year amounted to a gross net of $107,000. and they basically offered me $33,000. >> reporter: we have learned that bp is using a process called "forensic accounting." technically, it means the application of scientific knowledge to a legal problem, and it's usable in a court of law. but to a love lot of businesses down here like stu's forensic j...

Building infrastructure, the contractors go out and buy food for their family. >> and unemployment goes up. >> no. we were losing 700,000 jobs a month. >> there was something called world war ii. toby, this really isn't just an issue of fairness, though. i mean, we don't all have to make the same amount of money. but what -- >> the issue is, no private employer can compete with a company like the u.s. government that's going to lose 1 1/2 trillion dollars a year employing you. no private company can compete when they pay $107,000 versus me paying 65,000. so here is what happens, to pay that 10...

And it looks as a though she's not going to face court martial anyway. good for her. >> this is the luckiest soldier in the military right now. there are 07,000 single parents serving in the military. the problem is you have to execute a form that says i have child care well in hand. they did give ms. hutchinson a reasonable period of time. she's going go on a honorable discharge and lose substantial military benefits, the fact she could be facing court mattrtial she won't. she's a very lucky soldier. >> there will be other military stating the same kind of case? there's precedence here now. t...

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