[Am-info] Re: Add witness tampering to the list

[John J. Urbaniak]

Erick Andrews wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:07:08 -0400, Felmon Davis wrote:
>
> >On Wednesday 17 April 2002 11:31 am, T.Guilbert wrote:
> >>[...]
> >> You have a lot better chance of convincing people if you stick to
> >> the bad things Microsoft actually has done -- there is plenty of
> >> material available -- and do not try to allege that Gates is a
> >> conflation of E. Howard Hunt and Dita Beard (use your Google search
> >> engine if that went over your head) simply because somebody asked
> >> Gates for a favor. Again, with a record like Gates has, you hardly
> >> need to fabricate a bad rap.
> >
> >all of this is fair enough as far as Gates goes except for one thing:
> >it is alleged Gates said he'd talk to his people about the favor. are
> >you saying this doesn't ground suspicions?
> >
> >you are in a position to do me a favor in exchange for my doctoring
> >my testimony to a court; I say to you, "sure I'll testify on your
> >behalf. oh, by the way, can you do such-and-such for me?"
> >
> >if you respond as Gates is alleged to have responded, is there odor?
> >
>
> IF, all this happened as alleged, which is still an IF, it would be more
> than odor.

It's beyond a mere "if."  The AMD guy actually testified that this happened,
according to the reports.  And it wasn't heresay - he was there.

I say again - this was NOT a business deal, it concerned testifying at a
Federal Court.  Gates was bound to hang up the phone immediately, not say
"I'll talk to my people," and follow through with calling this [now suspect]
witness.  The AMD guy flat out implicated himself when he asked for the
favor.  Gates should have dropped him immediately.

In my opinion, this is witness tampering.  Any lawyers out there?

I mean, if somebody asks me to be a favorable witness and I say "Give me
100,000 bucks and I'll do it," and the person says "I'll see what I can do
for you," - is that not witness tampering?  Did the person not imply that he
would attempt to get what I asked for, or at least try to get something for
me?  And does it matter whether he comes through with my request or not?  He
stated that he would do something for me in return for my testimony.  It
seems as clear as crystal to me.

>
>
> Problem may be:  where's the witness?, where's the audit trail?, where's
> the veracity?  Slippery eel, methinks, despite you must know I think
> it, too.

Again, it's right there in the AMD guy's testimony.

We have to ask, WHAT FAVORS DID GATES DO FOR THE OTHER pro-MICROSOFT
WITNESSES THEY CALLED AND WILL CALL?  WHAT PROMISES DID HE GIVE THEM?  WHAT
FAVORS DID HE IMPLY FOR THEM?  The whole hearing has a cloud of suspicion
over it which can not be removed.

> What will K-K do?  Dunno, but I do hope she's keeping tabs
> even on plausible anecdotes.  It's all treachery.

I would issue an immediate order citing Gates for contempt of my Court.  Of
course, If I were Judge Jackson, I would have thrown their asses in the
clink as soon as it was discovered that they manufactured and submitted fake
evidence.  That's what would have happened to me or any of you here if you
tried to pull such a stunt.

John


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> Erick
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