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THE COURT: Do you wish to be heard?
MR. TAPPER: Yes, please. We are not talking about
religious docun.ents; we are talking about financial records.
I have had s��e e..xperience in how to conduct an investigation.
There is no way that we can conduct a proper
investigation if we were to be given access to a record but
we can't check the record by talking to somebody to see if
the transaction occurred the way the record claims the
transaction occurred.
I do not wish to see us crippled
in
the way
Mr. Browne is
suggesting.
THE COURI': I don't know what Mr. Brow�e has in mind,
to be honest with you.
MR. TAPPER: He is saying he doesn•t want
ue
to show
these records to anybody, and particularly to the relators,
Your Honor.
THE COURI': I don't
think
it would be inappropriate to
make an order to the effect you may sr-.ow it to anyone who has
a reasonable interest in
it,
who has a right to be concerned,
and not
to
any strangers to the transaction.
MR. TAPPER:
Your
Honor, we
certainly
conduct our
investigations with discretion.
THE COURT: I think you are raising an issue which is not
an issue, Mr. 6rowne.
You have the cooperation of the Attorney General
in that regard. They are not going to disclose these documents
to anyone unless it is someone who has a reasonable interest
in the documents and is connected in soma way with the