Later, Eric Schmidt acknowledged the candidate has been briefed on the question -- but the point was made.
The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Twitter's relationship with the developers, and although neither Twitter nor the agency would comment, two people briefed on the inquiry said that it questioned whether Twitter had been anticompetitive when it bought or regulated some apps.
Given the fact that as members of the Senate intelligence committee they have been fully briefed on the surveillance operations, the questions in their letter suggest they are simply trying to force intelligence officials to provide answers for the public record.
Each expert was contacted, briefed on the project, and questioned about his or her current activities and interest in participating in the program.
Indeed, some people briefed on the matter have raised questions about the number of buildings the agency has singled out for retesting.
It was not clear Friday how much their bids differed from earlier offers, which one person briefed on the matter said was a complex question based as much on the language of the deal as on the numbers.
Some Democrats, a person briefed on the matter said, will question whether she is cozy with Wall Street.
Some Bloomberg reporters called the bank, people briefed on the call said, to question whether the traders responsible for the loss had been fired.
Some wanted to use him as a witness in a broader SAC case, according to officials briefed on the investigation, but prosecutors questioned the accuracy and utility of his tips.
The investigators, according to several people briefed on the interview, wanted to question Rodriguez about his ties to a Canadian doctor who said he had treated Rodriguez and who was under investigation by federal authorities in the United States on suspicion of distributing performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes.
