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Williams was not a weak, naive, inexperienced person. ’ Except when on camera, at the meetings, Weinberg did not cial action only if it appeared that it actually had some effect upon Williams' own behavior. When hé testified at his own trial, however, Williams stated that he paid | . no attention to what Weinberg had told him, and that when he ‘appeared before the sheik he knew what he was going to say and he said it. Williams Tr. 4284-86. Moreover, On the contrary his intelligence, strength and insight had carried him to the very heights of political prominence and power. Nor was the "coaching'"' incident typical of Abscam. speak to any other of the congressional defendants at any time, let alone at the critical point just before the meet- ings. Thus, none of the present defendants can. claim to have been directly affected by the Williams "coaching" incident, nor was there any pattern of similar operations that in some way might be said to have affected the rights of these defendants. Considerable evidence was presented at the due process hearing about a meeting at the home of special agent Larry Schneider in New Jersey, heid on August 9, 1979. The meeting was attended -by Weinberg, Good, several FBI agents from New Jersey, and Plaza and Weir from Del. Tufo's office.