of the 16 lawyers that global witness recorded in the preliminary meetings, only attorney, jeffrey herman fltly declined to participate and showed ralph kaiser the door. >> i have some real question as but that. under the foreign corrupt practices. >> right. >> under the foreign corrupt practices act, bribing foreign officials is illegal. >> buy americans. >> by americans. >> but americans are not so it is money from others, not american entities. >> it's not -- >> aside from one exception. 12 of 13 law firms, including 15 of 16 lawyers, not only heard kaiser out, they suggested ways that the suspicious fund could be moved into the u.s. without compromising the minister's identity. attorney james silkenaught was select by global witness. at the time heap was president was president of american bar association. he and his colleague, provided what prosecutors said was a road map using layers of interconnected shell companies in multiple jurisdictions. >> presumably, set up a little bit of series of owners to tripe to have protect, privacy as much as anything else. >> yeah. and your party owns --

of the 16 lawyers that global witness recorded in the preliminary meetings, only attorney, jeffrey herman fltly declined to participate and showed ralph kaiser the door. >> i have some real question as but that. under the foreign corrupt practices. >> right. practices act, bribing foreign officials is illegal. >> buy americans. >> by americans. >> but americans are not involved? so it is money from others, not american entities. >> it's not -- >> aside from one exception. 12 of 13 law firms, including 15 of 16 lawyers, not onlyy heard kaiser out, they suggested ways that the suspicious fund could be moved into the u.s. without compromising the minister's identity. attorney james silkenaught was select by global witness. at the time heap was president was president of american bar association. he a his colleague, provided map using layers of interconnected shell companies in multiple jurisdictions. >> presumably, set up little bit of series of owners to tripe to have protect, privacy as much as anything else. >> yeah. >> company a owned by b, c, d. and your party owns -- all of the majority of t