Mr. Ruby. Well, No. 1, this is quite a notorious thing, and don’t forget, it’s just like I specified when Earl Warren was in danger, you know, so he is—in other words, people have a dislike for me, and Mr. Fowler is trying to defend me, and this won’t make him too popular a person—too well liked of a person, I should say.

Mr. Herndon. Then, you just simply didn’t want to come out with a “Yes” or “No” answer?

Mr. Ruby. Yes; because I wouldn’t know how to answer that.

Mr. Herndon. All right, Mr. Specter. Thank you.

Mr. Specter. Mr. Ruby, do you now have any other questions which you would like us to ask you on this polygraph examination?

Mr. Ruby. Yes; “At what time did I first think of wanting—when was the first time it ever entered my mind that I wanted to commit this act?”

Mr. Specter. You mean the shooting of Oswald?

Mr. Ruby. Yes.

Mr. Specter. We asked you that.

Mr. Ruby. You did—because if anything prior to that—in other words——