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African Birds VI - Ostrich
(Tape Two) Male ostrich walking in tall plains grass, impalas (?) in far background 11:10:39 Ostrichs trotting, one walking, then camera quickly pans over to see the other one just getting up from sitting on the ground, more walking
African Birds VI - Goliath Heron
(Tape Two) Goliath heron standing in tall grass, beautiful grayish blue feathers
African Cheetah & Leopard I - Leopard
(Tape One) Really great shots of leopard sleeping in tree, one paw tucked underneath its head, the other hanging, breezy 03:27:05 Beautiful CU of leopard's face, awake but still sleepy, eyes closing
August 2, 1994 - Part 1
(10:45:24) It then goes on to say, it is clear from the decisions in these case that a waiver of the Freedom of Information Act exemptions has not occurred because of an unauthorized disclosure. It cites Simmons v. Department of Justice, a Fourth Circuit case; Medina Incorporated v. Department of State, a D.C. Circuit case, and Resolution Trust Corporation v. Dean, a 1993 case. Are you familiar with those cases? Mr. FOREMAN, No, sir, not directly, but I agree with the sentiment expressed. Senator BOND. You agree with the sentiment expressed that the press leak doesn't make it nonpublic information, yet it is a justification for sharing that information? Mr. FOREMAN. Senator, I don't think that is the justification that the Office of Government Ethics presented for the sharing of the information. I believe they said that there well could be some nonpublic information there, but that there was a le legitimate Government purpose for sharing it with White House Counsel. I believe that was their analysis. Senator BOND. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The CHAiRmAN. I'm sure we'll discuss that further. Senator Shelby, OPENING COMMENTS OF SENATOR RICHARD C. SHELBY Senator SHELBY. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Steiner, ' just for some background, what's your educational background? Where did you go to school? Mr. STEINER. I went to Yale University. Senator SHELBY. Undergraduate? Mr. STEINER. That's correct, Senator. Senator SHELBY. Do you have a post-graduate degree. Mr. STEINER. I do in history. Senator SHELBY. Where is that from? Mr. STEINER. University College Oxford. Senator SHELBY. Oxford University. And you worked with Father Healy when he was at New York University heading the library. Is that correct? 341 Mr. STEINER. That's correct, Senator. Senator SHELBY. Were you his special assistant there? Mr. STEINER. That's correct. Senator SHELBY. How long were you in that job? Mr. STEINER. A year and a half. Senator SHELBY. In your adult life time, have you done some writing on your own? I 'm not just speaking of your diaries. Have you published articles? Mr. STEINER. I spent one summer as an intern at a magazine. That's the extent. Senator SHELBY. What magazine was it? Mr. STEINER. Teenage Magazine. [Laughter.] Senator SHELBY. Were you a writer? Mr. STEINER, I was a writer and an expert at the time. [Laughter.] Senator SHELBY. You were a writer and what, sir? Mr. STEINER. I was a writer for them, an editorial intern, Senator. Senator SHELBY. When you were at Yale University, of course, you did a lot of writing as a student, did you not? Mr. STEINER. Yes, I did. Senator SHELBY. At Oxford University, what college were you associated with there? Mr. STEINER. At Oxford, Senator? University College. Senator SHELBY. How long were you there, for 2 years? Mr. STEINER, Just 1 year, Senator. One year master's program. Senator SHELBY. Do you believe, from your background, your education and so on, that words are important? Mr. STEINER, Yes, I do. Senator SHELBY. And when you choose words, you make a decision, we all do, don't we? Mr. STEINER, I think the context in which you use them makes a big difference. Senator SHELBY, Sure, but the choosing of words themselves is important. Mr. STEINER. Depending on the circumstances, that's correct. Senator SHELBY. If we stipulate that you're a very well-educated man, Yale, Oxford, just for the sake of questioning here, your diaries that we've been referring to, these diaries were made more or less, maybe not the same day that you bad some observations or something you participated in, but more or less contemporaneous with events, were they not? Mr. STEINER. Some of the entries, Senator, were a month after the fact. Senator SHELBY. Within a few weeks or a month, is that right? Some the same day or so, were they not? Mr. STEINER. All of them were at least 3 days after the fact. Senator SHELBY. But these diary en tries were based on your reflections of events as they unfolded at the time that you wrote them? Mr. STEINER. Let me go back to what I said earlier, Senator, because I think it might be helpful, which is that my purpose in keeping this, and I've kept it for a long time in very different cir- 342 cumstances, when I've been traveling or when I've been visiting family. Senator SHELBY. I didn't ask you your purpose in keeping them. We've got an idea of your purpose. We're getting into the content of what's in the diaries. Mr. STEINER. I understand, Senator, I think the purpose for which one does something makes a difference in terms of what one writes. Senator SHELBY. Well, go ahead, what was your purpose, to write a book? Mr. STEINER. No, it was not, Senator. It was to reflect upon per- sonal and professional experiences and see whether I could draw some lessons from what had taken place. Senator SHELBY. Have you, throughout your life, noted things in what we'd call a diary? Mr. STEINER. I've done it for over 6 years now. Senator SHELBY, Six years. You did this when you were at New York University? Mr. STEINER. I did this when I was in New York, yes, sir. Senator SHELBY. Did you do it in school? Mr. STEINER. I started doing this in 1988. Senator SHELBY, I want to refer to some of your diary entries. I'll just quote here, from 2/13, 2/27, line 7 forward: Every now and again, you watch a disaster unfold and seem powerless to stop it. For weeks, we've been battling over how RA That's Roger Altman, right? Mr. STEINER. That's correct, Senator,
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Marine Iguana
(Tape One) Marine iguana close up 03:57:55 Marine iguana clasping onto rock, semi-shaded area
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Galapagos Dove
(Tape One) Galapagos dove standing on rock, flies away
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Marine Iguna
(Tape One) Marine iguana closeup, eyes closed, resting on rock 03:58:49 ECU of iguana skin, reddish orange with black spots, dotty scales, zoom out back to the iguana on rock 03:59:12 CU of marine iguana's head profile, zoom out to show him standing on rock, shaking head as he travels down large rock, goes across smaller rocks, stops, CU of his profile again
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Galapagos Dove
(Tape One) Galapagos dove preening
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Marine Iguana
(Tape One) Marine iguana on rock, head shaking,
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Galapagos Dove
(Tape One) Galapagos dove bobbing its head around, looking, puffing up feathers
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Blue Footed Booby
(Tape One) CU of blue footed booby - totipalmate foot, zoom out to show bird on rock, looking, MS of head of bird, zoom into face
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Lava Lizard
(Tape One) Male lava lizard
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Sea Lion
(Tape One) Baby sea lion asleep on rocks, his tail is folded together and curled up underneath him, he is covered in a light dusting of sand, his front flipper keep on brushing over him, he might be dreaming, changing positions
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Sally Lightfoot Crab
(Tape One) Sally lightfoot crab close up, CU of face, whole body, crab turns to side, moving around on rocks 04:06:56 CU of crab face, front view of crab, side view
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Swallow-Tailed Gulls
(Tape One) Two swallow-tailed gulls standing on rock
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Galapagos Mockingbird
(Tape One) Galapagos mockingbird perched on thin branch, calling, wider shot reveals another bird nearby, first one flies away, remaining bird calls
August 2, 1994 - Part 1
(10:50:35) Senator SHELBY, You said: -Roger Altman should-handle the RTC investigation of Madison Guaranty Savings & Loan. Initially, we all felt that he should recuse himself to avoid even the appearance of a conflict. And then you get into another word you use. At a fateful White House meeting with Nussbaum, Ickes, and Williams, the White House staff told Roger Altman that it was unacceptable. What was unacceptable, his recusal? Mr. STEINER. Let me clarify, Senator. Senator SHELBY. I don't want you to clarify. Is that your reference that his recusal was unacceptable? Mr. STEINER. My reference is that Mr. Nussbaum made strong arguments against recusal. Senator SHELBY. Mr. Nussbaum. Did anyone else besides Mr. Nussbaum make strong arguments at the White House meeting against Roger Altman recusing himself? Mr. STEINER. I did not attend that meeting, but to the best of my knowledge, no. Senator SHELBY. Then you refer to this Senate Banking Committee oversight hearing, this group of Senators here, at the hearing, and the recusal amazingly did not come up. Obviously, you all were very concerned about it coming up. Mr. STEINER. Could I make a point on that entry if I might, Senator? Senator SHELBY. Yes, sir. Mr. STEINER. We were anticipating 343 Senator SHELBY. You were anticipating questions about it, were you not? Mr. STEINER. We were anticipating questions specifically about why Mr. Altman had not recused himself. I was surprised that those questions did not come up, nor to the best of my recollection did any Senators request that Mr. Altman recuse himself. That surprised me, yes, sir. Senator SHELBY. Mr. Steiner, do you believe that when a Cabinet member, a sub-Cabinet member comes before a Committee like the Banking Committee or any Committee, for an oversight hearing, that they should be forthright, they should be candid, and they should be honest in answering questions? Mr. STEINER. Yes, I do, very strongly, Senator. Senator SHELBY. In your entry here, you also are referring to the oversight bearing by the Senate Banking Committee, and you said, "but ]Roger Altman, RA, gracefully ducked the questions and did not refer to phone calls he had." Is that being candid with this Committee? Mr. STEINER. Senator, I believe what Mr. Altman said, and I'm sure he'll have an opportunity to explain to you exactly what he said himself, but I believe what be said was that he'd had one substantive meeting when we were preparing for his testimony. That was the only meeting that came up as part of our preparations. For example, I did not even recall the October meeting until I was reminded of it some time later. And so, I think, that is the reason Mr. Altman answered the question the way he did. Senator SHELBY. Going back to words, again, when you use the word "substantive meeting" instead of "meetings," was that a way to dodge the real question that was asked by one of the Members of this Committee? That's your reference, isn't that right? He "gracefully ducked the questions." Isn't that your reference? It couldn't be anything else, could it? He gracefully ducked the question by answering, "I had one substantive meeting," rather than being honest and candid and telling the Banking Committee of all the meetings he had. Mr. STEINER. Let me be clear on this, Senator. I think, to the best of my knowledge, that Mr. Altman was truthful and forthright before this Committee, and when he answered that question, he referred to the one substantive meeting that he knew about. Senator SHELBY. Well, if he was honest, forthright, and candid before this Committee, why did you put in your diary that he gracefully ducked the question? Mr. STEINER. I cannot recall, Senator, why I wrote the words that I did. Senator SHELBY. We've got a convenient memory here today, but these diaries speak for themselves, don't they? Mr. STEINER. Senator, I'm here testifying today under oath. I've already stated the circumstances in which I wrote these, and I'm being as forthright as I possibly can. Senator SHELBY. Mr. Chairman, one last word I want to touch on, You also put in your diary, we spent a tortured day trying to decide if he should recuse himself. Do you recall using that word, a "tortured" day to describe the day? That was a tough day, was it not? 344 Mr. STEINER. It was a tough day, Senator, that's correct.
Ecuador & Galapagos Islands 1 - Sea Lions
(Tape One) Sea lions on beach, lolling on the sand and in the water, enjoying themselves in the surf 04:30:20 Sea lions laying on the sand, they seem to be sleeping or sunbathing 04:30:29 Smaller sea lions goes up to bigger sea lion and lays down, cuddling up to him, sleeping in packs (*This is continued on 2028 Part Two), sea lions changing position for warmth and comfort (Tape Two) 04:32:44 CU of a sea lion laying in the surf, waves washing over him, sea lion walking out of water onto sand to lay by another, coming out of water, MS side view 04:33:31 Sea lions floating in the current
Africa III - Zebra
(Tape One) LS zebra killed by a crocodile, piece of zebra's pelt poking up from muddy water, zoom into a large portion of the carcass floating on the water 06:31:58 Trio of zebra in water drinking, LS of group in middle of waterhole drinking, one zebra leaves, one zebra arrives, drinking, zebra wading through water 06:34:49 LS of pair of zebra in water drinking, MS of head of zebra leaning forward while drinking, get scared, leave, LS of herd in water or on bank 06:36:06 Zoom in on three zebras drinking while standing in water, walking out of waterhole
Prairie Dog
TAPE 1 Prairie dog at burrow sits upright Prairie dog at burrow chirping Prairie dog at burrow zoom in Prairie dog at burrow Prairie dog digging claws Prairie dog, ear Prairie dog sits erect Prairie dog sitting erect and digging claws Prairie dog close up Prairie dog close up Prairie dog digs in dirt Prairie dog digs in dirt Prairie dog moves dirt, gives alarm call Prairie dog comes out, sits erect - note claws Prairie dog claws, pushes dirt and packs with nose Prairie dog claws, pushes dirt and packs with nose Prairie dog claws, pushes dirt and packs with nose
Ground Squirrel
TAPE 1 13 lined ground squirrel close up in its burrow
Cottontail Rabbit
TAPE 1 Cottontail rabbit feeding
Ground Squirrel
TAPE 1 13 lined ground squirrel comes out of its burrow and feeds
Prairie Dog
TAPE 1 Prairie dog burrow Prairie dog at burrow chirping alarm 5 prairie dogs at burrow chirping alarm Prairie dog at burrow, 1 gives alarm call Prairie dog at burrow feeding 4 prairie dogs at burrow feeding Prairie dog at burrow chirping alarm