distinguished [ inaudible ] in the pakistan tribal regions, you know, mortenson has claimed he was kidnapped by a group including mansour kan. he says that s ridiculous and in the last couple hours saying he s planning to sue mortenson about making a defamatory statement about him. that he s a taliban kidnapper. when mortenson says he was kidnapped by the taliban in 96, the taliban wasn t present. the taliban banned photography. we have a picture of the supposed kidnappers. 60 minutes showed a picture of mortenson carrying a gun with his supposed kidnappers. pretty unusual for a group of kidnappers to be photographed with their faces clearly seen and for their supposed victim to pose with them with a gun. this is really goes to the heart of some of the claims that mortenson has made in his two books. some of them more dramatic episodes, just turn out to be based on a number of interviews