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Not through the Communications Analysis Unit. Broader than that, J don't know. We may have contracts -- not for this sort of information. We may have other contracts with phone companies, but not like this. JOHNSON: And nobody put a gun to these telephone companies’ heads and made them sign the contracts, did they? CAPRONI: No. JOHNSON: They were just simply agreements with the FBI and the phone company. CAPRONI: Correct. From our perspective, because these originated, given the volume of our requests, that this permitted us to get our records very quickly. JOHNSON: Well, [ understand. And then the phone companies received compensation for engaging in this contract with the FBI, is that correct? CAPRONI: That's correct. JOHNSON: And these -- this compensation, was it merely for expenses or was there profit involved, or you have no way of knowing? CAPRONI: I don't know. JOHNSON: And, really, you don't really care, as long as you get the information, correct? CAPRONI: Again, from our perspective, the goal was to get the information in a form that is readily usable for us, so that we don't have -- some phone companies give us paper records, That requires a lot of data entry. JOHNSON: All right. I understand.