and prove that case. we wanted to show positively that he was accessing national defense information via his access there at the state department and provideing it to the cubans. it was essential to charging espionage. >> and the information we had suggested that kendall was working for cuba but we still did not have him providing national defense information to a foreign power. >> we were starting to get a little frustrated because while we were happy that we the unsubor kendall meyers, we're not seeing any espionage indicators. what made everything worse was the fact that kendall meyers submitted an early retirement. >> when kendall retired, it was a blow to the investigation because you lose home field advantage. you lose it ability to control