and do authorities, people who are investigating this, do they have some of the same information that you have? >> the police officer investigating this was the one really responsible -- there was a group of people responsible for orchestrating the conviction of michael skakel. one of them was mark ferman, the other dominic dunn, both writers. and the third was frank garr who was what i would call a crooked police officer who was just dogged in his determination to put one of the skakels in jail and who dug up evidence from people who were absolutely incredible. since i published an article i think in 2003 "the atlantic monthly" about the case after the trial. after that i was contacted by pun of the people by a man named toby bryant who's actually a cousin of the basketball player,