alj dorrty and khan. when such example in may of 2007 i sent an e-mail to greg requesting justification on the hearing request date of fully favorable dispositions. i discussed the serious evidence which would substantial the overt favoritism of the claimant and management's continuous sweeping things under the rug with regards to dorrty and khan. in that e-mail, i directly warned my managers and i quote, the cairn situation is going to bite this office in the butt one day. i further requested minuting -- management to open the eyes and change the way it was handled before it became an outside issue. instead of any corrective action being taken, the situation only escaladed. i continued reporting to management for several years thereafter before i took my concerns out of the office. as a result of my multidisclosure i have suffered tremendously. and make my life as miserable as possible for the last seven years. knowing that a private investigators was hired to follow me has been very traumatizing. i stil

judge dorrty, are you in the room. i was told by our staff he left the room two hours ago, and has not returned. and our practice in investigative hearings is to draft [inaudible] a subpoena has been served to judge daugherty. we will promptly served and we'll be in consultation to decide no further steps to take. having that said, i ask our witnesses, mr. conn, and judge andrews to stand. i ask you to raise your right hand. gentleman, you swear the testimony you give before the committee will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. so help you god. thank you. mr. conn, do you have any opening remarks you would like to give, please? all right. do you have any corrections to the statement of facts laid out in dr. coburn's opening statement or the facts included in the staff report released by the committee today? [inaudible] i -- my lawyer sent letter october 7th explaining the reasons i'm not going to testify today and pursuant to that letter, i respectfully served my constitutional right not to testi