Mr. Griffin. Did you check in with any of the officials there?
Mr. Pappas. Well, we were stopped at the elevator by a police captain, I think, or a lieutenant—some officer—he checked our credentials.
Mr. Griffin. When you arrived, was there any procedure set up for identifying and screening newsmen that you were aware of?
Mr. Pappas. Well, only the procedure I described—that there was a man posted at the elevator who asked for my identification.
Mr. Griffin. You were not asked to check in with any central office?
Mr. Pappas. No.
Mr. Griffin. At any time while you were there were you given any instructions by the police department as to where you were to be, where you were allowed to be, and what procedures, if any, were to be followed?
Mr. Pappas. Well, we were instructed that we were not to be in the office, the homicide office, where the questioning was going on. We were in the corridor, on the third floor. We were not told—I don’t think that any limitations were drawn, or any boundaries beyond which we could not go were laid out for us, except that we were not allowed into the homicide office. And they had a guard outside to make sure of that.
Mr. Griffin. Were you aware of anyone in the police department who was performing liaison responsibilities with the press, or who had some special designation as a person that members of the press should contact?
Mr. Pappas. No, no; later.