Mr. RANKIN. Can be withheld about a matter that he purports to give
testimony concerning?
Mr. LANE. I have not researched the question; no. Do you have law
indicating that is inaccurate?
Mr. RANKIN. I think it is quite inaccurate. If you come before any
body, the Commission or any court, and purport to disclose part of a
matter, I know of no law that permits you to withhold the rest.
Mr. LANE. Well, it is not a question of disclosing part of a matter.
There is a conclusion of an investigation. For example, I assume
that this Commission will report its conclusions, but they may not
necessarily report every portion of the working documents before this
Commission, because these are two separate areas. One is a conclusion,
and one is the working documents. I have reported the conclusion,
but that does not mean, in my view, that the working documents of an
attorney, therefore, are no longer privileged.
Mr. RANKIN. What you purported to report was what you said was her
testimony in regard to these incidents, was it not?
Mr. LANE. It was not her testimony. It was a statement that she made to
me.
Mr. RANKIN. Her statement she made to you?
Mr. LANE. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. You purported to give that to the Commission.
Mr. LANE. I did give it to the Commission.
Mr. RANKIN. And then you said you had a recording of it; is that right?
Mr. LANE. That is correct.