It was painful
for her and she had some difficulty doing this. We made a joke
of it--whether they would turn off the electricity or telephone
because the signatures on her checks were not at all like her
normal signature."
Questions exploded from the panel like hail on a tin roof.
"Was her wrist wrapped?" "Did she have a brace?" "Did she
see a doctor?"
Although Diana had not completed her examination of her own witness,
the panel jumped in and took over the questioning.
Henry, feeling decidedly undermined by this testimony,
decided not to interrupt this flurry of out-of-order questioning.
He realized that this tactic of interrupting greatly hampered
the smooth flow of information a witness had to give. It also served
to confuse the witness since questions were coming from more than
one panel member at a time. He decided that he would not stop it.
He never paused to think that the transcript of the hearing
would show that Diana was interrupted in this manner more than
twenty times. This would become significant when the Attorney
General made the report of her investigation.
James waited until the panel ran out of questions and started
to look sheepishly at one another, then he said, "Yes, her wrist
was wrapped.
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