. >> susie: joining us now for more analysis on the rajaratnam verdict, steven feldman, former assistant u.s. prosecutor for new york's securities and commodities fraud task force and now a white collar criminal defense attorney at herrick, feinsteen. steven, nice to have you with us. >> hi, susie. >> susie: were you surprised by the verdict, guilty on call counts? >> no. this was a case in which the government had extremely strong evidence. they had during the course of the actual crime recorded the tapes of multiple phone calls, then they arrested his confidant, the people who worked with him, they were able to use all those people against raj, so, and they had narrators to explain what was going on. it was an overwhelming case of evidence by the government. >> susie: and it was an overwhelmingly decisive verdict on all counts. so what impact is this going to have on insider trading? does it stop this kind of behavior? >> absolutely, the government creates disincentives for people who were thinking of crossing the line. that's the point of this kind of case, is to do deterrence. i thin