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July 20, 1995 - Part 1
(10:30:12) Mr. ROLLA, Yes, I did. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Do you recall that evening that Webster Hubbell asked to be allowed to break the news to Mrs. Foster, but that you declined to allow him to do that? I'll get into the reason, the good reason for that in a moment. Mr. ROLLA. I have a good reason if that happened, but we never, talked to him at all that night. The only contact we had with him was when he moved Investigator Braun out of the way from Cheryl Anthony. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. We've heard testimony about that, and we'll get to that. You have no recollection of Mr. Hubbell asking to be permitted to break the news (10:31:08)(tape #10115 ends)
Water Birds - Wood Duck
(Tape 1) 05:54:27 Male wood duck, CU of head and bill 05:55:11 Female wood duck bathes and preens, CU of head 05:56:15 Male wood duck feeds 05:58:47 Male wood duck, CU of bill 06:01:54 Male wood duck moves nervously in water, flys off
Water Birds - Wood Duck
(Tape 1) 05:47:19 Female wood duck in tree
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News in Brief: Germany, Smuggling In Berlin.
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News in Brief: England, Needle In A Haystack.
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July 20, 1995 - Part 2
(10:30:01)(tape # 10116 begins) Mr. BEN-VENISTE. In fact, later that evening you and Sergeant Braun had advised the Foster family that this was an apparent suicide? (10:30:12) Mr. ROLLA, Yes, I did. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Do you recall that evening that Webster Hubbell asked to be allowed to break the news to Mrs. Foster, but that you declined to allow him to do that? I'll get into the reason, the good reason for that in a moment. Mr. ROLLA. I have a good reason if that happened, but we never, talked to him at all that night. The only contact we had with him was when he moved Investigator Braun out of the way from Cheryl Anthony. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. We've heard testimony about that, and we'll get to that. You have no recollection of Mr. Hubbell asking to be permitted to break the news (10:31:08)(tape #10115 ends) to Mrs. Foster that her husband was dead? Mr. ROLLA. I was already at the front door when they were coming up to the first landing. I've never talked to them. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. The reason why you needed to break the news and advise Mrs. Foster was because your manual and your training tells you that you are the appropriate person to do that? Mr. ROLLA. We had, supposedly, close friends of the family with us, two friends, Mr. Watkins and his wife. We didn't want a whole bunch of people. Let me explain to you what happens when you, make a death notification. Even if he did it, the question is going to be why, what, when, who, where, and they're going to have to come to us anyway. So what happens when you make a death noti- fication is you break the news, very grievous, a period of intense mourning, grief, and then, whether there's shock, whatever, there's a period of information exchanged. The family wants to know what happens and we tell them, and we get information from them. It may seem a little cold or heartless. We were not. We were very sensitive. It's probably the worst thing we have to do is tell someone their loved one is dead, for whatever reason. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You weren't doing this out of coldness or heartlessness, that is, being the ones to advise Mrs.Foster. You were doing it out of training and the instruction of your manaual and the authorities that you looked to for guidance; correct? Mr. ROLLA. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Did you tell Mrs. Foster that no suicide note had been found in Fort Marcy Park? Mr. ROLLA. No, she never asked that question, and I didn't advise it, 161 Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Did you advise anyone there that evening that no note had been found? Mr. ROLLA. I tell you, I don't know if anyone asked me that question. I don't remember. I may have told them. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. If they asked you, you would have told them? Mr. ROLLA. No, it was not a secret. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. These people were grieving; they were looking to you for help as well as comfort from their friends and relatives; correct? Mr. ROLLA. Yes; correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. There wasn't any reason why you wouldn't tell them? Mr. ROLLA. No, there would be no secret about it. Mr. BEN-VENISTE, In fact, you've indicated that you did search for a suicide note at the scene of Mr. Foster's death? Mr. ROLLA. We searched the scene, searched his person. His vehicle was on the scene. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You didn't search his person at the scene, did you? Mr. ROLLA. After it was pronounced, we emptied his pockets. Yes, I did remove his personal property and search them. Mr. BEN NISTE. At the scene or at the hospital? Mr. ROLLA. At the scene. We went to the hospital because I happened to miss his car keys in his right front pants pocket. Mr. BEN-VENISTE, So you made a cursory search of Mr. Foster's pants pockets, but you did not at that time locate the set of keys to the car? Mr. ROLLA. That's correct. I neglected to turn his pocket inside out. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You did not find a note, clearly? Mr. ROLLA. No, there's no note. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You looked in his suit coat, which was in the car, did you not? Mr. ROLLA. Yes, I did. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You did not find any note in the suit coat? Mr. ROLLA. No. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You looked in his car, did you not? Mr. ROLLA. Yes. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You looked on the dashboard? Mr. ROLLA. I searched the car, the trunk, the interior, the papers that were in the vehicle. There was no note. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You looked through the papers. You looked on the seats. Did you look under the seats? Mr. ROLLA, Yes. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. In the front and back? Mr. ROLLA. Front and back. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Did you look under the carpet in the front? Mr. ROLLA. Under the mats. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You looked under the mats. Did you yank up the carpet? Mr. ROLLA. No, I didn't pull up the carpet. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Did you look under the hood? Mr. ROLLA. No. 162 Mr. BEN-VENISTE. I mean, obviously you're not going to look in all of these places because your training teaches you that people who commit suicide and leave notes leave those notes where they will likely be discovered; is that correct?
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July 20, 1995 - Part 2
(10:35:24) Mr. ROLLA. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE, Not behind the file cabinet, not buried in some other material, but where people can find them. Is that so? Mr. ROLLA. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Detective Braun-Sergeant Braun now. Congratulations on your promotion. You were training Detective Rolla on the evening of July 20, 1993; correct? Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. How long had you worked together? Ms. BRAUN. Probably about a month. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You were the more experienced investigator on the scene; is that correct? Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Your experience told you that if someone was going to leave a suicide note, the likelihood is that it would be left in a place where it could be discovered? Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. What is the point of having a report of investigation? Ms. BRAUN, Our criminal reports? Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Yes. Ms. BRAUN. It is to document what occurred, what actions we took. Mr, BEN-VENISTE. The idea is to memorialize for purposes of later referral the important things that have either been observed, taken into custody or done in connection with your investigation? Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. So when you're asked a question today, what time did you depart Mr. Foster's home on the evening of July 20, 1993, you don't have to guess. You can look at your report and it says 23:10; correct? Ms. BRAUN. Correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. So you know that by writing a contemporaneous note and then typing it up in a report, that you will have satisfactory information for later reference or inquiry about an important event, that is, when you left the Foster home; correct? Ms. BRAUN, That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Now, at any point that evening-let me reiterate what I think you've already testified. You were in plain clothes rather than uniform? Ms. BRAUN. Yes, sir. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. The house began to fill up quickly with friends and relatives of the Foster family to provide solace and share in the grief; correct? Ms. BRAUN. Yes. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. At any point, do you recall making a request to search the Foster home? Ms. BRAUN, No, we did not. 163 Mr. BEN-VENISTE. That was because you did not think it was appropriate to do so, I take it? Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. That's their private place. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Nothing in your training tells you that in a suicide investigation you ought to attempt to search the home? Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Do you recall asking whether a suicide note had been found? Ms. BRAUN. No, I don't recall asking that. We spoke to different individuals at the scene-I'm sorry, at the home, and we were trying to obtain information through communication with them regarding Mr. Foster's state of mind. Normally, those are things that spontaneously come out at a death notification. The family is usually very forthcoming with that kind of information. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Do you specifically recall asking Mrs. Foster whether a note had been found? Ms. BRAUN. I did not communicate with Mrs. Foster. Investigator Rolla did. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Detective Rolla, did you specifically ask Mrs. Foster whether a note had been found? Mr. ROLLA. No. What we asked, basically, was did they see this coming, was there any indication of depression or anything. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. But I'm focusing on the note right now. Mr. ROLLA. No, we didn't ask for a note. Mr. BEN-VENISTE- Did you ask her to search for a note or help her search for a note? Mr. ROLLA. We asked her to please look around. If she finds anything out of the ordinary, if she finds a note or anything, please give us a call. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. So you did ask her? Mr. ROLLA. Yes, we asked her. Mr. BEN-VENISTE, You left it to Mrs. Foster to do the search at the house? Mr. ROLLA. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. It did not occur to you and it would have been extremely inappropriate to have requested that the house be sealed in some way as though it were the scene of Mr. Foster's violent death? Mr. ROLLA, No, that would be ridiculous. We'd look for cooperation.
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July 20, 1995 - Part 2
(10:40:29) Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Now, there was a point where there was so many people in the house. The President had come. There were, lit erally, dozens of people who had come to the home spontaneously to comfort Mrs. Foster and Vincent Foster's two sisters, who were present there as well. Is that so? Mr. ROLLA. There wasn't dozens. We had Mr. Watkins and his wife with us, then there was Mr. Hubbell and the two sisters and maybe one of their husbands. I think there were four or five other people besides the four of us that originally got there and, at that point, about 10:50 p.m. or somewhere around there, the President walked in with one Secret Service agent. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Just the President? Ms. BRAUN. Yes. Mr. ROLLA. Yeah, he was by himself. 164 Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You don't recall anyone else who came along? Mr. ROLLA. I don't recall. He walked in, obviously a figure your eyes would turn to. He walked in Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You paid attention? Mr. ROLLA. I see the President, and he immediately walked over to Mr. BEN-VENISTE. If other people arrived with the President or more or less at the same time, your attention was on the President of the United States having arrived? Mr. ROLLA. I know he had only one Secret Service agent, which I thought was slim, but he had only one agent with him, and I don't believe anyone else was with him. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You don't know who was outside Mr. ROLLA. No. Mr. BEN-VENISTE, -in terms of Secret Service protection? Mr. ROLLA. No, I don't. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. So you wouldn't make the assumption that the President traveled there with only one Secret Service agent? Mr. ROLLA. He had one in the house. That's the only assumption, I made. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Do you have any reason to believe that the number of people who began to come to the house and to console the Fosters was in any way some orchestrated attempt to interfere with your investigation? Mr. ROLLA. No. Mr. BEN-VENISTE, That would be absurd, wouldn't it? Mr. ROLLA. Yes. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You could see how the expressions of grief and shock about this tragedy affected all of the people, including the President of the United States. Mr. ROLLA. Obviously there was grief there, but there was also * very businesslike attitude between some people who maintained * businesslike appearance, constant telephone calls, constant work. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. People had to be notified in Arkansas and around the country who knew Mr. Foster in the hope that they could be notified personally before they heard this news on the television. That wouldn't surprise you, would it? Mr, ROLLA. No. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Now, Detective Rolla, you were not present when Sergeant Braun had her conversation with Mr. Watkins at the very end of your stay there? Mr. ROLLA. I was standing next to her. We were on our way out the door. We decided it was time for us to go. I just didn't hear that' statement. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Sergeant Braun, do you recall the exact words you used to Mr. Watkins regarding Mr. Foster's office? Ms. BRAUN. No, I do not. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You don't know whether you said it would be a good idea if his office were locked or if his office were secured Ms. BRAUN. I think I probably said something to the effect--I made my request that the office be secured, and I assumed he understood what I meant. 165 Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You did not say to Mr. Watkins please ensure that no one enter the office; I want that communicated to everyone at the White House? Ms. BRAUN. No, I don't think I was that detailed with him. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You did not say that, Mr. Rolla? Mr. ROLLA, No, I did not. Mr. BEN-VE NISTE. Mr. Hines, you did not say that? Mr. HINES. No, I did not. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. With respect to what you expected, was that at some point after you communicated this request, the office would be locked up?
July 20, 1995 - Part 2
(10:45:13) Ms. BRAUN. Yes, sir. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You left at 11:10. Ms, BRAUN. Yes. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. As has been established here, the office was indeed locked for the evening within a half hour of that request, but no one told you this; correct? Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Clearly there was no suggestion of putting some kind of evidence tape over the White House Counsel's suite or any other place in the White House to form a physical barrier that no one could pass? Ms. BRAUN. That wouldn't be reasonable. That wouldn't be what we were looking for. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. The Secret Service was present that evening with the President, and you know that they are responsible for the physical integrity of the White House as well as the President and his family? Ms. BRAUN. Yes, sir. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. If any drastic step was in your mind in terms of affecting the physical integrity of the White House or some portion of it, you knew that the Secret Service would be an appropriate agency to contact? Ms. BRAUN. Yes. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Did either of you talk to Captain Hume or Detective Markland, the two police officers who reported to the White House the next day? Mr. ROLLA. Yes. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. On that evening, on the evening of July 20, 1993? Ms. BRAUN. Not that evening. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Did you talk to them on July 21, 1993, at any point? Ms. BRAUN. Yes, I spoke to Captain Hume. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Did you talk to Detective Markland? Ms. BRAUN. No, I did not. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Major Hines, you indicated that you learned that Mr. Nussbaum and Ms. Williams and Ms. Thomasson entered the White House Counsel's Office on the evening of July 20, 1993 from the newspapers; is that correct? Mr. HINES. Yes, sir. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Did you have any continuing supervisory role in this investigation? 166 Mr. HINES. No, sir, I did not. After the briefing, I had no supervisory role in the investigation. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. We've gone through this question of reports. Let me ask you, Sergeant Braun and Detective Rolla, it is clear, is it not, that there is no reference to a request made of Mr. Watkins in your reports of July 20, 1993; isn't that so? Mr. ROLLA. That's correct. Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. You've reviewed your reports carefully? Ms. BRAUN. Yes. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. They have no reference to any conversation with Mr. Watkins? Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Major Hines, let me ask that Mr. Markland's report be put on the screen for you. See if you can identify that. We can get you a hard copy of that. It's technology beyond my personal ability to work. I'm a hard copy kind of person, so if the report of Mr. Markland's can be provided to the panel Senator MOSELEY-BRAUN. Mr. Chairman Mr, BEN-VENISTE. It looks a little fuzzy to me. Senator MOSELEY-BRAUN. Mr. Chairman, I understand there's a vote going on right now. The CHAIRMAN. Yes, Senator. I intended to let Mr. Ben-Veniste have at least another 5 minutes and then we'll take a 5-minute break. We have about 10 minutes left on the vote. Senator MOSELEY-BRAUN. All right. Thank you. The CHAIRMAN. Provide the witness with a hard copy. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. This has been identified as Exhibit 29 produced by the Park Police, and it is Detective Markland's report of July 21, 1993, which Detective Markland has testified he prepared on the night of July 21, 1993.
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July 20, 1995 - Part 2
(11:14:32) Hearing resumes: The CHAIRMAN. The Committee will resume. As we adjourned, counsel for the Minority was in the process of examining some documents. Mr. Ben-Veniste will return. We had 6 minutes on the clock. Please set it back and make it 10 minutes, because you were interrupted, so you'll have the additional time, If you need more, we will permit it. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Senator, hopefully I'll use less, but thank you Now, I haven't put this report of Detective Markland in front of you, Major Hines, for any purpose other than to establish that, according to Detective Markland's report, it is clear that on the morning of July 21, 1993 Mr. Nussbaum told Detective Markland that he, together with Maggie Williams and Patsy Thomasson , had conducted a brief search of the office to attempt to discover a note, but 167 that that search had proved uneventful. Do you see that in the report? Mr. HINES. Yes, I do. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Do you recognize that as a regular Park Police report of investigation signed by Detective Markland? Mr. HINES Yes, I do. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Had you wished to follow the course of the investigation and be apprised of developments in it, you would have had access to this report? Mr. HINES. I would have, but on Friday, July 23, 1993, 1 went on vacation and was absent the whole next week, so I didn't read any reports. That's why I read it first in the newspaper. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. So that's a pretty good explanation for that. It wasn't because you were being inattentive to the developments in the investigation, you were just not available at that time to receive Detective Markland's report of July 21, 1993. But, clearly, Sergeant Braun and Detective Rolla, you have recognized that this is a report of Detective Markland who took over the investigation the following day; correct? Mr. ROLLA. That's correct. Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE, It is clear from that report that Mr. Nussbaum reported to Detective Markland and Captain Hume on July 21, 1993 that he, together with Patsy Thomasson and Margaret Williams, had conducted a brief search of Mr. Foster's office on the night of July 20, 1993 in the hope of discovering a note; is that correct? Ms. BRAUN. Yes, that's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Now, there are two inaccuracies there that have been clarified by Detective Markland. Obviously, the first is where he says Mr. Foster, he means Mr. Nussbaum. In the second, where he says that the search took place between 2200 and 2400 hours, he has corrected that in his testimony. So I don't wish to leave a false impression with those who are not familiar with the details of the 60 or so depositions we've taken in the course of preparation for these hearings. In your briefing the morning of July 21, 1993, Major Hines, what did you wish to communicate to the White House? Mr. HINES. The wish that Chief Langston and I wished to--correction. Our purpose was to visit the White House and brief them on what we knew about the suicide of Mr. Foster, to establish some protocol and let them know about what the investigative process we would go through would be. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Did you make any report of that briefing? Mr. HINES. No, I did not. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. To the best of your recollection, did you say that this was an apparent suicide? Mr. HINES. Yes, I did. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Did you provide other details regarding the scene of Mr. Foster's death? Mr. HINES. One person did ask me where he shot himself. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. The Fort Marcy area was not a crime scene, it was the scene of an apparent suicide as far as what you were reporting to the White House that morning? 168 Mr. HINES. I reported that it was the scene of a suicide, but we treat all death investigations like a crime. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. At some point you came to the conclusion---you the Park Police-that, in fact, your initial conclusion was supported by evidence and the case was closed out as a suicide; is that fair to say? Mr. HINES. Yes, it was, Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Now, let's go to the question of the search warrant, which has come up here before. There was no suggestion was there, that any attempt would be made to obtain a search war' rant for Mr. Foster's office? Is that correct, Sergeant? Ms. BRAUN. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Detective? Mr. ROLLA. Yeah, that's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Major? Mr. HINES. That's correct. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. A search warrant would not have been appropriate or legally obtainable in your view, would it? Mr. HINES. That's correct, without any evidence of a crime being committed. Mr. BEN-VENISTE. Thank you, sir. Now, you talked about the cooperation of individuals in assist ing in your investigation, and you were told by Mr. Nussbaum and others that the White House would indeed cooperate; is that correct?
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