"Well ... some of them were of that general nature."
Fry cleared his throat. "Just tell me one more thing, Howard."
"What's that?"
"Has any part of what you've said so far been the truth?"
Camhorn hesitated an instant. "Gus," he said then, "can you erase your question and my reply from the recording?"
"Of course."
"Erase them, please. Then blank out our further conversation."
A few seconds later, Fry said, "All right. You're off the record."
"Most of what I told you was the truth," Camhorn said, leaning back in his chair. "Perhaps not all of it. And perhaps I haven't told you the whole truth. But we're out to spread some plausible rumors, Gus. We could not afford to get caught in obvious lies."