distinguished [ inaudible ] in the pakistan tribal regions, you know, mortenson has claimed he was kidnapped by a group including mansour kan. he says that's ridiculous and in the last couple hours saying he's planning to sue mortenson about making a defamatory statement about him. that he's a taliban kidnapper. when mortenson says he was kidnapped by the taliban in '96, the taliban wasn't present. the taliban banned photography. we have a picture of the supposed kidnappers. "60 minutes" showed a picture of mortenson carrying a gun with his supposed kidnappers. pretty unusual for a group of kidnappers to be photographed with their faces clearly seen and for their supposed victim to pose with them with a gun. this is really -- goes to the heart of some of the claims that mortenson has made in his two books. some of them more dramatic episodes, just turn out to be based on a number of interviews