Mark had been the one to send the
'suspect' evaluations to the analyst that he, himself, had recommended.
Mark had ordered the material from Diana's personnel file, so he could
attest to the legality of it.

Jane observed that the other members of the panel, immersed in his
tale, seemingly failed to realize that he confirmed several
interruptions in the chain of custody of the documents he was referring
to. Most notable was when he was asked to identify the various packets
of handwriting evidence that was marked as exhibits for this hearing.
He either, "hadn't reviewed them closely enough to determine...." or
claimed that he "honestly didn't recall who I received the note from
(the note Lyle's friend had found 'strange')," as answers to direct
questions from the panel.

Henry, hoping to create some clarity, put the finishing touches on the
breaks in the chain of custody of the 'suspect' documents that were
being discussed. "Oh, the problem here must be because some of the
packets have been separated apart."

Jane noticed that Mark also had only vague recollections as to when all
these things took place. He prefaced every phrase with, "to the best
of my recollection" or "at best I can recall," in proper attorney
fashion, proving that he had, after all, gotten something out of law
school.

Having agreed, with Henry's prompting, that he did remember getting
five radiology SmurFFs from Lyle, two nursing nutrition SmurFFs from
Jimbo, he was handed a note, referred to as 'Lyle's friend's strange
note' by Henry and asked, "And did you also sent the document examiners
this note?"

"This would appear to be the original note; the only thing that I have
seen is a copy of this note. I don't believe until now I had actually
seen an original."

Good Lord, thought Jane. Surely someone should question this. The
document examiner testified that ALL the 'suspect' documents were
originals and now Mark, the guy that sent them to the examiners, is
saying he has only seen a copy.

He's vague and unsure of most everything he claims he was involved in
and most of his evidence is what someone else told him or that he 'had
assumed'. This was the kind of testimony that Henry had been so
critical of when the defense witnesses were examined, calling it second
hand information. Apparently, coming from the university attorney, it
is considered to be all right, Jane commented to herself. At one
point, with help from Henry, Mark bro