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its cases, the appearances before the videotape cameras, © took place in the presence of the FBI agents, and occasional- ly under the direct supervision of an attorney from the Eastern District Strike Force. Beyond that, supervising agent Good and strike force chief Puccio continually monitor- ed the progress of the investigation, and each reparted regularly to their respective superiors in the bureau and the Department of Justice. Finally,- the ultimate "safeguard" in these cases was that the central part of the criminal conduct charged to each congressional defendant was recorded on videotape so that the jury could directly interpret, assess and evalu- ate its every nuance, its full flavor, its pervasive aura of corruption. 2. Missing Tapes. All defendants argue in one way or another that entire tapes or parts of tapes are missing". This argument. — is directed not to any videotapes, but only to audiotapes,: most of which were recorded by Weinberg. In some instances, entire conversations were not recorded; Weinberg explained that he sometimes had conversations over the telephone when his recorder was not available, and that at other times he did not have blank tapes available. On occasion Weinberg recorded over a previously recorded conversation