That's a very good question. What I understand your question to be is how I identified the veracity of the person's claim that they were the chief of staff of the minister. It was a 613 number identified, 613 being an Ottawa number. I'd have to look back at my call logs. I believe it may even have appeared on my iPhone as “National Defence”, “Minister's Office” or something to that effect.
She spoke very confidently, as if she were a very experienced public servant. She did identify herself by name. I didn't know her name. I didn't look it up or anything like that.
Based simply on that, I believed at that point that I was with the appropriate—