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Q If you are trying to provoke them it is.

A You are assuming that I was trying to provoke
them.

Q Have you ever met Richard Howd before?

A I don’t believe I know Mr. Howd.

Q You don’t know anything about Mr. Howd?

A Only what I have heard thus far.

Q Hearsay, right, all you have heard is from
other people talking about him?

A In the courtroom here, too.

moment please.

BY MR. TYSON:

Q You say the church brings in attorneys to mess
with people, is that what you said?

A No, I didn’t say that.

Q What do they bring them in for?

A The attorneys that I worked with for the Church
of Scientology are in-house counsel. Moxon, Kobrin.

Q When you were involved in these activities, or
alleged activities that you testified to, you chose to be
involved in those, didn’t you?

A It was what I was required to do as a member of
the Office of Special Affairs.