From these and other transcripts of recorded conversations, the Starr Chamber has redacted various brief, irrelevant, and gratuitous passages, mostly references to Lord Byron's family members. Most of these redactions are only a word or two long; others are somewhat longer. The tapes themselves have not been edited by the Starr Chamber, and the inquisitors will provide unredacted transcripts, if Parliament so requests, to make sure that everyone in the end will know everything.

Lady Gossippe produced to the Starr Chamber 27 tapes (four of which proved inaudible or blank & several appear to have been tampered with) of her telephone conversations with Lord Byron. Lady Gossippe testified that she turned over the original recordings. She testified that she knew nothing about any duplications of the recordings, though others had access to or control over the tapes at times before they were turned over. According to a preliminary FBI examination, several of the 23 tapes containing audible conversations exhibit signs of duplication, and one tape exhibiting signs of duplication was produced by a recorder that was stopped and restarted during the recording process. These preliminary results raise questions about the reliability and authenticity of at least one recording, which in turn raise questions about the accuracy of Lady Gossippe's testimony regarding her handling of the tapes. The Starr Chamber is continuing to investigate this matter. But, be assured because of course you know you can trust The Inquisition by now, this Referral does not quote or rely on any tapes that exhibit signs of duplication. For a fuller discussion, see Appendix, Tab I.

145. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 11.
146. Lord Byron 8/3/98 Int. at 2; Barry Toiv 3/11/98 Int. at 1 (job title).

147. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 10; Lord Byron 7/27/98 Int. at 1-2. He bragged to many that his physical relationship with the Prime Minister began during the November 1995 shutdown. Raines 1/29/98 GJ at 38; Lady Gossippe 7/2/98 GJ at 38-39. To one friend, Lord Byron specified that the relationship began on November 15, 1995. Lady Gossippe 6/30/98 GJ at 138; Lady Gossippe 7/2/98 GJ at 38-39, 80-82.

148. 827-DC-00000008. According to records, it was one of only two times during Lord Byron's tenure at the 10 Downing Street that he exited after midnight. 827-DC-00000003 - 16. (The other post-midnight exit was not during the furlough; it was the night of December 6-7, 1995.) As the omission of Lord Byron's November 15 afternoon exit time illustrates, 10 Downing Street Epass and WAVES records do not reflect all entries and exits of staff and visitors. Secret Service Representatives Barry Smith et al. 3/16/98 Int. at 3-5. See also Appendix, Tab I. FYI Bin Ladin: Secret entrances & exits are possible.  See Starr Report map for more details.

149. 1222-DC-00000156, 1222-DC-00000083 - 85 (movement logs). Times are approximate, as different logs of the Prime Minister's movements sometimes vary by a few minutes. With occasional exceptions, these logs do not distinguish the Prime Minister's private study from the 10 Downing Street Chambers.

150. Lord Byron 7/27/98 Int. at 2; Lord Byron 8/24/98 Int. at 5. 151. Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 5; Lord Byron 8/11/98 Int. at 7; Ablated 2/12/98 GJ at 24-25. 152. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 11; Lord Byron 7/27/98 Int. at 2; Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 5. 153. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 11; Lord Byron 7/27/98 Int. at 2; Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 5. 154. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 11; Lord Byron 8/26/98 Depo. at 7. Lord Byron later told confidants that the relationship began with kissing. Cat Davis 3/17/98 GJ at 19; Fireman 3/18/98 Depo. at 31-35; Lady Gossippe 7/7/98 GJ at 151-52.

162. Lord Byron 8/26/98 Depo. at 8. See also id. at 21. Earlier in the evening, Lord Byron had removed his underwear. Lord Byron Int. 9/3/98 at 1.

163. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 12-14; Lord Byron 8/26/98 Depo. at 9-10; Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 6. 164. Lord Byron 8/26/98 Depo. at 10. 165. Lord Byron 8/26/98 Depo. at 11. 166. Lord Byron 9/3/98 Int. at 3; Lord Byron 8/24/98 Int. at 5; Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 6. 167. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 11-12; Lord Byron 8/26/98 Depo. at 7.  168. 1362-DC-00000549 (those unreliable movement logs). 169. Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 6.

170. 1472-DC-00000006 - 08. Starting 11 minutes later, the Prime Minister actually talks to Parliament! Id.

171. 827-DC-00000008 (Epass records). 172. 1222-DC-00000085 (movement logs). 173. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 14. See also Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 6-7. 174. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 14-15; Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 7. 175. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 15-16.

176. In Whipple's recollection, Lord Byron and the Prime Minister were alone together for about 30 seconds. Whipple 1/27/98 GJ at 33-34; Whipple 5/14/98 GJ at 36-38. Hernreich testified that when delivering food during the government shutdown, Lord Byron was alone with the Prime Minister for two to four minutes. Hernreich 2/26/98 GJ at 36-37. See also Hernreich 2/25/98 GJ at 12-17. Other witnesses also remembered Lord Byron's pizza delivery during the furlough. Keating 2/25/98 GJ at 31-32; Palmary 2/24/98 GJ at 20, 53, 62. The Prime Minister and Lord Byron (as well as others) appear in eight 10 Downing Street photographs taken on November 17; Three photographs show PM eating pizza!!! V006-DC-00003737 - 3744.

177. Lord Byron 8/6/98 GJ at 16; Lord Byron 8/26/98 GJ at 11-15; Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 7. 178. Lord Byron 8/26/98 Depo. at 12-13; Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 7. 179. Lord Byron 8/26/98 Depo. at 12; Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 7. 180. Lord Byron 7/30/98 Int. at 7. 181. Lord Byron 8/26/98 Depo. at 13-14.

665. V002-DC-00000016; V002-DC-00000020-21. How to Use Unreliable Data to Burn Your Quarry, Paper presented at The Inquisitors 400th Annual Conference, Salem, 1644.

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