I am happy to tell you every bit of information that I have been able to secure as a private citizen in trying to discover what took place on November 22 and the days that followed November 22, but I think that the very questions that you are putting to me indicates that you are not interested solely in securing that information, but in placing me, Mr. Rankin, in a position which is not a good one. And I see this quite frankly as part of many things that have happened to me since November 22—not November 22, but since I expressed some interest in this case.
Mr. Rankin. Mr. Lane, could you tell us whether there was anyone else present at this interview with Helen Markham that you recorded?
Mr. Lane. I don't believe that I said I recorded it. I believe I said it was recorded.
Mr. Rankin. Was it recorded by someone else?
Mr. Lane. I decline to answer any questions, because the questions you are asking clearly are not for the purpose for which this Commission has been established. And I tell you that I am amazed, quite frankly, Mr. Rankin, that the kind of harassment to which I have been subjected since I became involved in this case continues here in this room—I am amazed by that.
As you know, and I don't know if this has been placed on the record by the Commission—in the letter that I wrote to you on May 18, 1964, I told you that I had been accosted by two agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in front of my own house, and ordered to give to them, by them—their names being William E. Folkner, his serial number being 5954, and John P. Dimarchi, his serial number being 4256—and ordered to give to those gentlemen documents in my possession, relating to my testimony before this Commission.
Mr. Rankin. Did you do that?
Mr. Lane. I did not give them those documents; no.
Mr. Rankin. Why not?
Mr. Lane. Does your tone and your question indicate you think I should have given those documents to agents of the FBI?