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I was angry just by the initial shock of it being on the tv. but also a little relieved. i wanted people to know what was happening in iraq. >> the same day the video hits the air, the u.s. military releases the report it conducted in the weeks following the 2007 incident. >> the report was heavily redacted. the report basically said we investigated the incident and our guys behaved appropriately. there was no violation, if you will, of the rules of engagement. which obviously once you see the video, the conclusion of that report are diametrically opposed to that. >> in the fog of war, in the ...

Video, releases it under the provocative title "collateral murder." >> the video is important in a number of ways. one of them is better scrutiny of how pilots behave when they fire on people. >> they released it in a couple different forms. they released it both in a long form, then a more concise form where the high points, if you will, were highlighted regarding the incident. the effect of that release was devastating. >> the u.s. military is trying to explain a newly leaked video that shows apache helicopters killing civilians during a raid in iraq. >> ethan mccord has just dropped off his...

Command post, but as they return, the men get the news they had been dreading, one member of their company sergeant john penich, was killed in the incident. >> they were devastated. they were absolutely devastated. and i knew what it was going to mean for these soldiers, because i knew the bonds that they had among the unit and the fact that they'd done this themselves by accident. i'm still in touch with soldiers from the unit, and it still bothers them tremendously. they haven't gotten over this. and probably never will. >> engel and his crew spend more than a year going back and forth to th...

With that said, there are very clear criterion set up for the use of deadly force. the idea is minimum use of force necessary to counter an adversarial threat. i've seen the video several times. that van should never have been engaged by anybody. that never offered a threat. again, let me be very clear here. the presence of a weapon in the battlefield does not constitute a threat. it constitutes a weapon. you got to determine if the weapon is tied to someone who is threatening you. >> everybody's fighting over it, whether or not they had weapons. well, they had weapons, no, they didn't. this w...

Soldiers make it back to the command post, but as they return, the men get the news they had been dreading, one member of their company sergeant john penich, was killed in the incident. >> they were devastated. they were absolutely devastated. and i knew what it was going to mean for these soldiers, because i knew the bonds that they had among the unit and the fact that they'd done this themselves by accident. i'm still in touch with soldiers from the unit, and it still bothers them tremendously. they haven't gotten over this. and probably never will. >> engel and his crew spend more than a ye...