As a lobbyist.
What I'm getting at is that you had mentioned you had no idea he was on this committee and doing that work. I just wondered, among all your circle of friends, when you're kicking around--“What are you doing? How is your day? Is anybody doing anything exciting? You're on the Hill; what's happening there?”--it never came up in conversation?
Again, I'm linking it to your saying you never expected any kind of document from him, and I'm suggesting there may have been a time when you knew socially that he was there. It may not have been your main purpose in terms of pre-budget consultation, but you were certainly lobbying his boss, so you had an interest.
There's a closeness there. Then to suddenly get an e-mail from him one morning that includes the word “peek”...and again, no context for you whatsoever.
Thanks, Chair.