We've encountered that problem and we believe we've found a solution. It's been working for about 30 years now. That is, when a witness is about to testify, we notify the court, the judge, and the defence counsel of exactly what moneys we have paid the witness and what the moneys were paid for, and the defence counsel is put under a burden of trying to make a point of the fact that we gave $8,000 last year for food and paid $11,000 for medical care and so on. The courts are advised and the defence counsel is advised of all the moneys that are given.
On May 31st, 2007. See this statement in context.