americans and sib and the interpreters who supported us. they wanted to have political to say we have the greatest operational airlift in history. they didn t care who they put were not secure. who did not go through biometrics and did not go through medical. again, it was the greateth airlift operations in history. pete: you are saying someone on the ground all a numbers game all to be able to say how many people with can we push through. now they are in the united states. 100 percent numbers game. after i rescued a mother and three children. we conducted the very first successful overland rescue out of afghanistan of americans. the state department and dod thwart our efforts three different occasions. one occasion they actually threatened to shoot down our aircraft. once we approved the concept they had to get people out. what did they turn to do. turn to people like commanders donahue and get numbers on planes. at that stage they started c 5s. loading c-17s getting intel out of th