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equest that he not be required to testify here today
and, in fact, he has elected not to do so.
ACTING CHAIRMAN SKINNER: Mr. Harmon, you have
indicated the summary of his testimony is in the form of
a deposition, which will be made part of the public
record once it's excised sufficiently enough to protect
his identity. And it would be the direction of the
Commission that you do so in an appropriate manner.
Commissioner Methvin, one of the coordinating
commissioners for this hearing, has some additional com­
ments to make on this particular issue.
COMMISSIONER METHVIN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would just like to emphasize that we had a live wit­
ness who came ocrt here to testify and got cold feet and
we can all understand why.. As a lifelong journalist, I
don't like to use anonymous sources or confidential
sources, but I have done it. My profession has fought
all of the way to the Supreme Court to protect the con­
fidentiality of sources.
And I would just like to emphasize that that
is what this Commission is doing here and now. We are
having to pay a price in order to understand and be
able to expose the story to the executive director, as
Mr. Harmon has just laid before this Commission.
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