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6. Use of Middlemen. The congressional defendants uniformly complain of the government's use of middlemen such as Criden, Erri-. 1 chetti and Silvestri. ._ They characterize them-as having been "deputized" 50 that the government could evade its own responsibilities. Under this argument, defendants urge that after it became apparent that Weinberg could not "coach" the subjects before they appeared on camera, the government then had Weinberg "coach" Criden, Errichetti and Silvestri so that the middlemen in turn could tell the congressional subjects what they were supposed. to say and do when they met with the sheik's represéntatives. In effect, defendants argue, the middlemen themselves were made representatives of the government, which now must answer for their misconduct. To suggest that the govérnment be held responsible for the criminal, corrupt, self-seeking machinations of .- Errichetti and Criden is ludicrous. Those men, as‘ well as Silvestri, smelled easy money to be made by bringing in corrupt politicians who would promise the sheik special favors in return for money. The government, of course, realized how venal and corrupt Errichetti and Criden were. From the agents' point of view, the surprising thing was that any public official would do business with such people