high-ups in our government. and i believe what the administration did then, i believe it was criminal. >> reporter: the vaughns are now speaking publicly about their son, what it meant to lose him in afghanistan and sharing that experience with other military families. fox asked the vaughns whether it was possible that the vice president identified seal team six because the administration and the entire country were so grateful. >> i can tell you one thing, seal team six did not want to be identified. so it wasn't that they were trying to be proud of them, because those men do not need a pat on the back. they don't work for that. >> reporter: did aaron tell you that team six was angry? >> yes, absolutely, they were very angry. >> reporter: so it was like the rug got pulled out from under them. >> yes. >> the administration could have said special operators. isn't it kind of fun as american citizens to go back and forth, well, was it the seals or was it this? it was our special operators. >> reporter: the decision to