But the police pulled him off a bus, questioned him and detained him before he could reach his contact.
Mr. Pellicano, who sounded mean and ornery on some of the tapes the federal prosecutors played, was low key and folksy in court, even as he questioned his former close associate who was throwing him under a bus in question after question.
I texted the organiser, Ken, from the bus: "Daft question, but is there any chance you could lay your hands on a brick?" Security was evident, but not obtrusive: a roadblock about a mile out of Enniskillen; two tooled-up police officers at the bus station; a few more Land Rovers than might be expected on a Saturday afternoon, but no ring of steel, at least not in the town centre.
The danger to his health was not as great as it might have seemed because the shuttle bus in question was controlled by a computer that uses lasers to map its surroundings and avoid crashes.
Unless the bus in question is stationary, has no engine, is in a field in Glastonbury and has "Strawberries & Cream Cocktails: £12" plastered on its side.
Howard Lee, a lawyer representing the bus driver, questioned how that speed was determined and when it was reached.
Are things better?" Ms. Hernandez said as she stepped on the bus, her questions tumbling out in one breath.
But a group opposing the depot, East Harlem Bus Stop, questioned the agency's numbers and said that bus facilities have no business in a residential area.
During a field course on the Croatian island of Rab he sat next to the local priest on a bus and questioned him closely in Latin about the management of the local woods.
This brings Alter back to HRC, suggesting that "reporters are easy lays so she should sit with them on a bus answering questions for hours, like McCain did.
