mr. bottini, the assistant u.s. attorney handling the case in alaska said the press's supervisor on seven separate occasions voluntarily release information regarding perjury by bill allen who was a key government witness who said in the other line, prosecutor in alaska mr. goeke, that he claims they moved to disclose that, but your report says that mr. bottini and mr. goc kill intentionally withheld this information and d get it disclosed. so which is which is it? did they attempt to get their supervisors to disclose information by bill allen, or are they not being truthful when they say on these numerous occasions they asked to have it? >> as our report indicates in great some would say excruciating detail, messers bottini and geoke on a number of occasions proposed, indeed urged the rest of the prosecution team that some disclosure be made about evidence which was in their possession indicating that their star witness, bill allen, had sub born a false statement from a young woman who was a crack addicted prostitu

mr. bottini, harbored a personal animosity towards senator stevens. i don't believe that any of them sought fame or glory and that was the reason they wanted to win the case. that is not in their personalities. they did, however want to win the case. >> thank you, thank you very much. >> i would like to remind everyone no matter how much the prosecution wants to win, we have the responsibility to disclose exculpatory information. prosecutor, a prosecutor has a unique position in the system. is that what you're saying? they're not just there to win, they are making sure it the justices upheld. >> mr. sheltie, the constitution, the system of justice and rules of professional responsibility that binds members of the bar as these prosecutors were all part of, prosecutors serving a goal of fundamental interest above a desire to win. would you agree? >> absolutely. mr. chairman, i would ask him behalf and the democrats be. -- on behalf of senator murkowski. i told senator murkowski, anything she wanted. >> sir, you have performed a profound public service.

mr. bottini or mr. goeke from alaska -- i don't leave that either of them sought fame and that was the reason i wanted to win the case. that is just not in their personalities and my judgment. they did, however, want to win the case. >> just to remind everybody no matter how much a prosecutor wants to win, we have the responsibility to disclose exculpatory information. the prosecutor has the position in the system that they are not just there to win. they are not just there to win. they are there to make sure that justice is done. senator cornyn speaking of prosecutor former attorney and justice. >> mr. schuelke the constitutiof our adversarial system of justice and the rules of professional responsibility for members of the bar as these prosecutors all depend upon, prosecutors serving some goal above and more fundamentally, more fundamental than just a desire to win. would you agree? >> absolutely. >> mr. chairman nye would ask on behalf of senator murkowski, she is a statement and she ask unanimous co

mrs. stevens was ridiculed by the prosecutors both in cross-examination of each of them and in their summations. rocky williams was interviewed by two of the prosecutors messers bottini and goeke in the company of fbi agent chad joy one month before the trial commenced here in washington. on the morning that he was interviewed, another of the prosecutors, edward sullivan, sent an e-mail to the group of prosecutors which said we got some additional documents from senator stevens' defense council. it's apparent from those documents that senator stevens and mrs. stevens will testify that they thought that all of the veco charges were included in the christianson builders' bills. and if catherine stevens does not testify, they will try to squeeze that out of rocky on cross-examination. the very day that that e-mail was circulated, messers bottini and goeke interviewed rocky. they didn't have to squeeze that out of rocky. rocky told them that. well, back in 1999, i met with senator stevens and with bill allen. senator stevens wanted us to arrange to find a contractor. he wanted to pay for everything. and he wanted to make sure that this was done right. and so it was my un