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Vincent Foster Death Reporter's Official Transcript of Summary Adjudication/Summary Judgment MotionsReporter's Official Transcript of Summary Adjudication/Summary Judgment Motions
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1 two special counsel, Fiske and Starr, were disinclined
2 to find the facts. If anything, they were driven to
3 find the facts, and driven to find negative facts, if
4 they were there. Similarly, the people who investigated
5 the case independently, and the people out there in the
6 park service, all were driven to find a negative aspect
7 of things, not just Mr. Foster dispatching himself. And
8 despite their demonstrated inclination, they didn't come
9 up with anything.
10 Now, you want one more look, and the question
11 becomes, when you're in a one-more-look stage in the
12 context such as we have here, how does that measure up
13 against the interests of the family? And my answer is
14 that it measures up as I stated in the opinion. You
15 lose on balance.
16 Now, I want to tell you something, just as an
17 aside, and I have decided against it:
18 We thought long and hard as to whether to
19 basically let you view the pictures only, just view
20 them, but not make a copy of them and not be able to
21 take them with you, which is a kind of middle ground.
22 And then, if you could turn something up, to come back
23 to me.
24 I was persuaded, after a good deal -- a good
25 deal -- of thought, let me tell you, to determine that
