We had requested what we thought was fair value, but they came back much lower, so we countered with something we thought they would take. The BLM came semi-close to that figure but then they sent it to the Department of Justice attorneys for approval and they knocked it down again.

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Thus far in our negotiations, the government's idea of what will make the Lewiston victims whole has been very different than what the victims feel would make them whole.

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