Government Operations committee  Does that mean everybody around the table is peddling influence?

Government Operations committee  Well, that's what I'm asking you. I'm saying, if I met you--

Government Operations committee  As a business person, if it's not going to cost you any more to expand your network, you do it. It makes sense. Common sense business says that if you have a guy out there who's willing to go out and help you move forward your objective, you take that if it's not going to cost you any money.

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  It depends, on a project-by-project basis, and again, we're totally subject to the funder. One of the reasons we leave this type of language in an agreement like this—and I know it's sort of wishy-washy and not very clear—is that it gives us the ability to be able to take the funder's requirements and turn around and taper a deal that makes sense based on that.

Government Operations committee  Okay.

Government Operations committee  Yes, that's a strategy that's used every day, but--

Government Operations committee  No, not at all.

Government Operations committee  Going long and going short is a standard strategy in the market, right? It's a standard strategy.

Government Operations committee  It's not what you call “pump and dump”.

Government Operations committee  A going short strategy is based on the ability to hope that a stock goes down in value and—

Government Operations committee  I never asked anybody to buy into anything. I don't ask anybody to buy in at any rate when the company is public. I don't work--

Government Operations committee  We take our money and we invest it just like everybody else—my money, our company's money, just like everybody else—but we invest in the private corporation before it goes public.

Government Operations committee  And you get that from this contract that you're looking at?

Government Operations committee  And you get that from this contract that you're looking at?