to engage in an open-ended research project?
A. Actually it wasn't really an open-ended research project — well, it was open-ended in scope, it wasn't open-ended in time. It was take a few weeks, see if there's anything there that's interesting, notable, important, and if we think there's reason to go on we'll make that decision at that time. So it was a short-term engagement in the beginning.
Q. And to the best you can explain to us, did the client that you were working for know that he was engaged in this particular research or what his findings were at that point in time?
MR. LEVY: The answer to that question might implicate privilege or obligations.
BY MS. SAWYER:
Q. Did you interfere in any way with Mr. Steele's research, tell him not to pursue any particular avenues?
A. No.
Q. To the best of your knowledge, did anyone else give him that direction, either directly or through you, and tell him not to —
A. No.
Q. If I could just finish.
