Beginning on Tuesday, in statements to reporters and on black radio stations, Mr. Campbell, who is black, accused the F.B.I. of conducting a racially motivated "inquisition" into his personal and official conduct, questioning his friends, examining his gambling trips and leaking information to Atlanta reporters.
Standing over Hiss is Robert E. Stripling, committee investigator, who conducted the questioning.
Mr. Lay even extended his defiant attitude to his own lawyer, George McCall Secrest Jr., who had had only a few weeks to prepare before stepping in Monday to conduct the direct questioning of Mr. Lay.
Conducting the questioning on Dec. 4, 2002, was Steven M. Greenspan of Day, Berry & Howard, who was representing Pinnacle.
The Customs Service, which is conducting the questionings, said many of the students and university employees were cooperating with the inquiry, which is being described as the largest criminal investigation of software piracy ever by the federal government.
Preventing foolish (rather than compelled) confessions is likewise the only conceivable basis for the rules that courts must exclude any confession elicited by questioning conducted, without interruption, after the suspect has indicated a desire to stand on his right to remain silent or initiated by police after the suspect has expressed a desire to have counsel present.
The committee's chief counsel, Victor Baird, conducted the questioning because none of the six committee members attended.
Mr. Cohen oversees the Intelligence Division detectives who conducted the questioning sessions at 1 Police Plaza as the protesters waited for their arrests to be processed.
For the selection of a jury, Judge Harmon has often allowed the lawyers to conduct individual questioning of prospective members, a process known as voir dire.
