Day 267 - 21 Jun 96 - Page 52
1 Q. So you may very well have done so?
2 A. I do not recall taking a letter.
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4 Q. But you might have done so?
5 A. The letters that I have taken--
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7 MR. JUSTICE BELL: He is saying he does not recall, for better
8 or worse. He is not saying "I have no recollection", but
9 "I am sure I would not have done" for this, that or the
10 other reason. You have just got to leave it there, and I
11 have got to see what evidence I have at the end of the day
12 from all sources insofar as it is relevant to an issue in
13 the case.
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15 MS. STEEL: People used to go to the office at odd times to
16 answer letters, did they not? They did not just go there
17 when meetings were on?
18 A. Yes, they used to go there in any spare time, whatever
19 I assumed they had.
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21 Q. So why did you really go to the office? It was not just to
22 take photos. You would not want to risk getting caught to
23 take photos?
24 A. Photos could have clearly described the venue, would
25 have clearly shown the extent of the McDonald's campaign,
26 and that is why they were taken.
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28 Q. How would they clearly show the extent rather than, you
29 know, your description or whatever?
30 A. Something that can be seen by others.
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32 Q. Why do you not just take one of those miniature cameras to
33 a meeting and film it while you were in a meeting if you
34 wanted footage of what was inside the office?
35 A. We did not have a miniature camera.
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37 Q. You could have got one though, could you not?
38 A. We could have done. I suppose there are some on the
39 market but we did not have one.
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41 Q. Are you seriously saying you went to the offices and risked
42 getting caught in there just to take a few photographs?
43 A. I went to the office to take photographs.
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45 Q. Did you really go there to plant bugs, in fact?
46 A. No, my Lord.
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48 Q. Are you sure about that?
49 A. I am very, very positive about that.
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51 Q. Why is that?
52 A. Because throughout, probably, I know for a fact,
53 throughout all of my investigative experience I have never
54 placed a bug.
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56 Q. What? It has never even crossed your mind?
57 A. Well, I have never done that.
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59 Q. That is what you were really up to was it not?
60 A. No, absolutely not.
