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If you're not feeling well, perhaps you should just go. >> no, sir, i'm okay. just i feel bad about myself. >> before you leave, there's one thing that i need to tell you. i'm chris hansen of "dateline nbc" and we're doing a story on computer predators. if there is anything else you would like to say, we'd like to hear it. if not, you're free to leave. >> anything against me at the moment? >> for charges? >> yes. >> no. not that i'm aware of. >> i apologize. i promise to be a good man for the future, and i apologize for the lies. i want to justify the reason for me to come here. [ phone rings ...

What's the problem? >> i have the transcript, that's what the problem is. brandon said he was 13. >> 13? >> 13. >> no, no, he didn't. >> you are crazy for the nats? >> yeah. >> meaning the baseball team? >> uh-huh. >> if you don't see how graphic some of these chats are then there's a tendency to maybe give these guys the benefit of the doubt. maybe it was his first time. maybe he was just curious. but when you read the transcripts top to bottom, you know what the intent was. you know what these guys would be doing had there been a teenager home alone and not "dateline nbc." what are you looki...

>> yes, sir. "i think i can learn real fast to love you." 14 years old! do you know that it's illegal to have a conversation on the internet with the intent to have sex with a minor? >> yes, sir, i do. >> so you came here knowingly violating the law? kennely was significant because not only did he admit what he was doing was wrong, he also admits that he knew it was illegal, and he showed up anyway. what do you think should happen to you? >> i don't know, sir. >> well, there's something you got to know. i am not the father of the boy, but i am chris hansen of "dateline nbc" and we're doing a s...

Me. but i understand what you're saying. >> intent is critical in proving online solicitation of a minor. so if a decoy says bring this or bring that, whether it's beer or condoms, and the potential predator brings the items, it shows intent. so when steven bennof pulls those condoms out of his pocket and puts them on the table, that's evidence. i mean, who shows up at a home where a 13-year-old boy is alone with condoms? who does that, and why do they do it? >> can you tell me who you are? >> i'm chris hansen with "dateline nbc" and we're doing a story on computer predators. and if there's an...

Language there. blank my blank and blank you. that's english. do you know what that means? >> yeah. >> so why would you say that to a 12-year-old girl? >> my mistake. >> he tells me this the first time he's had a chat with an underage girl. i point out to him that according to perverted justice, he had a sexually charged chat less than two weeks earlier with a decoy who said she was under 14 years old. >> only just chatting. >> see, here's the thing. what you said a minute ago is not what you're saying now. do you have a condom with you? >> no. >> you don't? do you have it in your car? >> no. ...