July 29, 1994 - Part 4
July 29, 1994 - Part 4
(14:21:03) (Tape #10054 begins) Senator DODD. But that's Mr. Monroe's testimony. Mr. MONROE. My recollection is there was no contact. The CHAIRMAN. Let's be certain. Senator BOND. I would like to know for sure. Mr. COLOMBELL. Senator, neither of us conducted those interviews, we're both aware of them, and we both had feedback, but basically we're testifying from hearsay from our fellow agents. We'll be glad to provide you a The CHAIRMAN. Let's leave it as an outstanding question. Senator BOND. That would be most appropriate if you would inquire, number one, did a conversation occur? Obviously, if a conversation occurred, then the questions relating to the issuance of the search warrant with respect to Judge David Hale and Capital Management Services would be a very important question to ask in a follow-up. Mr. MONROE. It could be, Senator, but as I said, we'll doublecheck on that. It is my opinion right now that there was not a connection, but based on the importance of this, let us please get back to you, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Let me also say-I want to come back to the page 26, and I appreciate, Senator Bond, what you've read on page 27, but page 26 has a declarative predicate sentence at the beginning that says "a number of people tried unsuccessfully to reach him by telephone," and it goes on to list these various people and so-tbose words on paper would indicate that there's no completed phone call, but you're going to double- check that so there's absolutely no ambiguity about it? Mr. MONROE,. That's correct. The CHAIRMAN. Senator Mack, did you have another question you wanted to raise? Senator MACK, I really just have a comment or two. The CHAIRMAN. Very good. We'll go to Senator Faircloth and then I think we may be finished here. Senator MACK. I certainly don't intend to use my full amount off time. First of all, with respect to the pager that Senator Kerry and I were discussing a little bit earlier, there is something called a Bravo pager that, when turned off, retains memory. Second, I really did not intend to put Mr. Monroe and Mr. Colombell in a situation where they would have to criticize a fellow ,agency, but I wanted to raise the points that, at least from my perspective, the way the pager was handled, the way interviews in the White House were limited, the failure to secure the Foster office 75 and other actions by the White House, in fact, hampered, to some degree our ability to come to the conclusions that you've drawn. Now: I'm not making the charge that you came to the wrong conclusion. I am merely pointing out the fact that there was interference, and I understand your sensitivity. I wonder bow we would have reacted if we had to deal with that kind of pressure in the White House. I will just let it go at that. The CHAiRmAN. Very good. Senator Faircloth. Senator DODD. If I may. The CHAIRMAN. Just briefly. Senator DODD. I'm told, for purposes of the record, that all pagers at the White House -- by the way, this company is not from Connecticut- (14:24:36) End of tape #10053 are Motorola pagers. The information that Senator Kerry provided earlier, when turned off, it erases all messages and in response to Mr. Monroe, the pager was, in fact, turned off. So, while I appreciate the Senator from Florida's question, the value of the pager Senator DAMATO. If I might, to add something, I understand that Bravo is made by Motorola and it is one of those that are available at the White House. For a point of clarification, the staff has just given me that information. Bravo Plus is the one that has the ability to store. The question is and-probably at this point in time no one knows whether be bad the ordinary Bravo or Bravo Plus, and that's a question. Did it have memory capacity and was turned in? I guess we'll never know. I think it would be safe to assume this was not proper procedure on a homicide.