1.   Arredondo and his attorney did not return phone calls requesting comment for this story.

2.   Arkin did not return calls requesting comment.

3.   At Home refused to comment on the reports about negotiations, and Excite officials did not return phone calls requesting comment.

4.   Ben Yi Chen did not return repeated calls to his home or office requesting comment.

5.   Bennis, Lazar and their lawyers did not return repeated phone calls requesting comment.

6.   Billyard declined to return calls requesting comment.

7.   Both ABC News and the Herald did not return phone calls requesting comment.

8.   A Power executive did not return telephone calls requesting comment on the negotiations.

9.   A spokesman for American Bioscience did not return a call requesting comment.

10.   A spokesman for Edwards Air Force Base declined to comment, and a spokesman at Langley Air Force Base did not return calls requesting comment.