seized in the first raid. we reached out to the department of justice which pointed out that admission of criminal wrongdoing on gibson's part but officials declined to speak with us about it. they deferred to u.s. fish and wildlife which led the investigation. they declined to speak with us about the raid as well. >> we just wanted to bury the situation. that's what it took to get the government off of back, okay. >> today gibson is back to producing instruments as it always had but is using extra caution in purchasing its overseas wood. >> somebody chose us for some reason and there was no good reason to choose gibson. we were harassed, goods were seized, our business, you know, was injured. we had to pay lawyers. >> as for the controversial indian wood, the government eventually determined that gibson indeed purchased it