Page 200 1 day, you were calling for some edits that really reflected -- 2 seemed to reflect a real discomfort -- 3 A 4 Q -- as you identify. 5 A Again, I'm perhaps supporting -- I'm supporting the 6 point you're trying to make that we were focused on getting 7 this done, and real concern that he would not go to jail. 8 And a question that I think is a valid one in my mind is, did 9 the focus on, let's just get this done and get a jail term, 10 mean that we didn't take a step back and say, let's evaluate 11 how this train is moving? 12 Q You -- 13 A From my perspective. 14 Q Okay. I want to just sort of round out the little 15 bit of this -- the state -- the state only resolution. You 16 used the term a couple of times backstopping. What do you 17 mean by that? 18 A What I mean by that is, a sense that the state 19 wasn't doing enough, and perhaps backstopping is a polite way 20 of saying encouraging the state to do a little bit more. 21 Q MM-hmm. All right. Did you have any discussions 22 about whether this disposition comported with the Ashcroft 23 memo in that you were hunting to the state for a minor 24 charge, for a fairly minor charge, what you -- your office 25 had already understood from the evidence was a quite wide EFTA00009016