agent claims that top state department official patrick kennedy who served under clinton wanted one e-mail in particular to remain unclassified. according to fbi notes, the agent said kennedy offered a, quote, quid pro quo, to resolve the issue. what does that mean? a deal. the fbi notes say, quote, in exchange for marking the e-mail unclassified, state would reciprocate by allowing the fbi to place more agents in countries where they are presently forbidden, specifically in iraq. but both the fbi and the state department say it's not true. >> any really assertion that this was somehow tit for tat or quid pro quo exchange in that manner really frankly is insulting. >> officials say it was all a big misunderstanding, but what the fbi agent described as a quid pro quo was actually two separate conversations about two separate issues. the e-mail and the agents