August 2, 1994 - Part 5
August 2, 1994 - Part 5
(16:53:00) Hearing resumes: The CHAIRMAN. The Committee will resume. Let me give an indication of where we are in terms of our situation on the Senate Floor. We've completed one roll call vote. We'll have another one shortly and we'll have to excuse ourselves for that purpose. I'm going to bold off until all or most of the Members have had a chance to return in order to play the videotape. I think we should wait until we've got a more complete attendance, as we before. I think what I will now do is begin some of the questions that .1 have. We may get interrupted here quite soon for this second vote and we'll go from there. asked the staff to give you in the interim if you didn't have it, the diary pages from Mr. Steiner. Had you bad a chance to see those beforehand? Mr. ALTMAN. These were shown to me, Mr. Chairman in connec- ti6h with my deposition, which was the first time I'd seen them. 416 The CHAIRMAN. But the point is you have them. I'm not going to into them no; I just want to make sure you have them there now: for a reference when I do go into them. Mr. ALTMAN. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. In listening to your statement and the time we spent with Ms. Hanson yesterday, there's obviously a direct contradiction with respect to these meetings that took place in 1993 at the White House. When she went over there, she says at your instruction, to brief Mr. Nussbaum about this pending criminal referral issue--she was very explicit yesterday. I don't know if you happened to see her testimony but we cross-examined her at some length on that-she was very Arm in her recollection that you specifically had given her that instruction. Now, I want to bear your side. Mr. ALTMAN. Mr. Chairman, before I answer, may I just make one point in response to the one you made just before the break. I'm advised that Mr. Fiske commenced his investigation on account of the February 2 meeting other which I disclosed here on February 24, not as a result of any other aspects of my testimony. That's just how I'm advised. Be that as it may, I have no recollection of asking Ms. Hanson to go to the White House