He was also quizzed about a telephone call he made to Jenkins at 10.57pm on 15 December, some three hours before the siege reached its deadly conclusion.
As he detailed the report's conclusions, the C.I.A. director provided new details about the unraveling of, and deadly conclusion to, Mr. Balawi's operation.
The siege reached its deadly conclusion after 17 hours, when officers stormed the Martin Place building after Monis had executed Johnson.
The siege reached its deadly conclusion at around 2.14am on December 16, when officers stormed the stronghold and killed Monis after cafe manager Tori Johnson was shot dead.
"If they're not retained, then we will ask Ms Burn about that [when she appears at the inquest next week]." Phillip Boulton SC, acting for the family of slain hostage Katrina Dawson, said he was particularly interested in two text messages sent within about 90 minutes of the December 2014 siege reaching its deadly conclusion.
The image of Putin as a young thug is a recurrent motif in Gessen's absorbing portrait, which holds him responsible for a variety of shady dealings, from the unnecessarily deadly conclusions of several hostage crises to the tragic demise of a dissident by means of radiation poisoning.
A Texas state law, for example, prohibits all departments in the state from releasing any footage that documents a deadly force incident until the conclusion of all criminal and administrative proceedings, which could take months or even years.
But, most of the time, the narrative races along, a deadly road trip heading to a disastrous conclusion.
Morris's conclusion, according to the film's producers, Warp Films, is that it's a daft as well as a deadly business.
They're deadly, with a deadly appeal.
It was a deadly combination.
