Part 51 (1/2)
”Yes.”
”Now were there any specific instructions from Mr. Borden in regard to Lisa Trammel?”
”No, it was just sort of see what you can find out there.”
”And when did this become your a.s.signment?”
”It was last year. I started working at ALOFT in April and so it would have been a few months after that.”
”Could it have been July or August?”
”Yeah, right about then.”
”Did you give the information you got to Mr. Borden?”
”Yes, I did.”
”Did there come a time that you became aware that Lisa Trammel was on Facebook?”
”Yes, it was sort of an obvious thing to check.”
”Did you become her friend on Facebook?”
”Yes.”
”And this put you in a position to monitor her posts about the FLAG organization and the foreclosure of her home, correct?”
”Yes.”
”Did you tell your supervisor about this specifically?”
”I told him that she was on Facebook and was fairly active, and that it was a good spot for monitoring what she was doing and planning for FLAG.”
”How did he respond?”
”He told me to monitor it and then summarize everything once a week in an e-mail. So that's what I did.”
”And did you use your own name when you sent Lisa Trammel your friend request?”
”Yes. I was already on Facebook as, you know, myself. So I didn't hide it. I mean, I doubted she knew who I was anyway.”
”What sort of reports did you give Mr. Borden?”
”You know, like if her group was planning a protest somewhere I would tell them the date and time, that sort of stuff.”
”You just said 'them.' Were you giving these reports to someone other than Mr. Borden?”
”No, but I knew he was forwarding them to Mr. Opparizio because Mr. O. would send me e-mails every now and then about the stuff I sent Mr. Borden. So I knew he was seeing the reports.”
”In all of this, did you do anything illegal while snooping around for Borden and Opparizio?”
”No, sir.”
”Now did one of your weekly summaries of Lisa Trammel's activities ever include reference to her posts about being in the garage at WestLand National and waiting to talk to Mitch.e.l.l Bondurant?”
”Yes, there was one. WestLand was one of the company's biggest clients and I thought maybe Mr. Bondurant should know, if he didn't already, that this woman had waited for him out there.”
”So you gave Mr. Borden the details of how Lisa Trammel had found Mr. Bondurant's parking spot and waited for him?”
”Yes.”
”And he said thanks?”
”Yes.”
”And this was all in e-mails?”
”Yes.”
”Did you keep a copy of the e-mail you sent Mr. Borden?”
”Yes, I did.”
”Why did you do that?”
”It's just kind of a general practice of mine, to keep copies, especially when dealing with important people.”
”Did you happen to bring a copy of that e-mail with you today?”
”I did.”
Freeman objected and asked for a sidebar. At the bench she successfully argued that there was no way of legitimizing what purported to be a printout of an old e-mail. The judge wouldn't let me introduce it, saying I would have to stick with Driscoll's recollections.
Returning to the lectern, I decided I had made it clear to the jury that Borden knew Trammel had previously been in the garage and that Borden was a conduit to Opparizio. The elements of a setup were right there. The prosecution would have them believe that the first time Lisa was in the garage was a dry run for the murder she would later commit. I would have them believe that whoever set Trammel up had all he needed to know, thanks to Facebook.
I moved on.
”Mr. Driscoll, you said that Mitch.e.l.l Bondurant was one of the people you were asked to gather information on, is that correct?”
”Yes.”
”What information did you gather on him?”
”Mostly about his personal real estate holdings. What properties he owned, when he bought them and for how much. Who held the mortgages. That sort of thing.”
”So you supplied to Mr. Borden a financial snapshot.”
”That's right.”
”Did you come across any liens against Mr. Bondurant or his properties?”