Mr. Ruby. Now, you better rephrase that. I hadn’t already left the apartment. Do you follow me?
Mr. Specter. Right. Well, I see what you’re driving at—you’re driving at the time.
Mr. Ruby. The time element is very important.
Mr. Specter. All right, we can make it in three parts: “While you were at your apartment on Sunday morning, did you tell anyone you intended to shoot Oswald?”
Now, we’ve broken it up three ways. That would really be covered, Mr. Ruby, in the first part: “Before you left your apartment on Sunday morning, did you tell anyone you intended to shoot Oswald?”
Mr. Ruby. Now, you’ve got to get another question in there: “Previous to your arising that morning, have you told anyone you’re going to shoot Oswald?” You see my point?
Mr. Specter. Yes; before you awakened, in other words?
Mr. Ruby. Yes.
Mr. Specter. “Before you awakened on Sunday morning, had you told anyone you intended to shoot Oswald?”
Mr. Ruby. Before I awakened.