were killed looking for bergdahl, are we being kind of pushed into an analysis by political pressure? what is the value in this analysis, do you think? >> well, for myself as a journalist, what i'm trying to do is look just at what we know at that time. there are -- >> here are the facts, let's establish them? >> right. i'm sure have you some incredibly capable political correspondents in d.c. who might be able to address those questions. i'm just trying to go back, you know, with my colleagues at "the times" go ae back and see what was happening on the ground at that time. >> do you feel that some of the pressure and the inquiry is somewhat artificial? we understand why the soldiers care about who died and what they were doing at the time. these are their brothers and sisters, but its existence in the realm of the dynamic of this store, what do you think it means in terms of the story this particular aspect who died doing what in the search for bowe bergdahl? >> i think one of the things that gets lost in this discussion is bringing our readers and your viewers back to