1.   And Givens, while testifying before the grand jury, never said the meeting occurred.

2.   Another tale holds that the meeting actually occurred at a private home.

3.   A spokeswoman for the SEC declined to comment on whether the meeting occurred, but said officials routinely met with industry executives.

4.   Aides gave differing answers about whether the meeting will occur.

5.   But Rodgers also indicated that he would have preferred that the meeting had never occurred.

6.   But the mere fact that the meetings occurred was extraordinary.

7.   Fields, chairman of the House Commerce telecommunications and finance subcommittee, declined to confirm whether such a meeting occurred.

8.   Given that there was no sound track for the footage, there were immediate doubts about what Rugova had said, and even whether the meeting had occurred.

9.   He declined to comment on when such a meeting might occur.

10.   He said the meeting occurred at a restaurant, perhaps in Florida.