contested along the way, i didn t think there would be any chance that this case would settle before trial. by late summer of 94, there was serious discussions that were going on with the u.s. attorney s office for a possible resolution. i go out on my step one morning and bring the journal innage have a cup of coffee, and right on the front page is a plea agreement announced. somebody spilled their guts in front of hugh o gara. the article itself speculated capitulation on the part of the government. anybody who would publish that should know better. so i called hugh o gara, and i just said, what were you thinking? how could you do that? and he was near tears on the phone, he would not answer me. hugh would never, obviously would not tell me who that source was. i wouldn t even ask him.