1.   An actual commit- tee hearing may not even take place, a Republican committee aide said.

2.   And many lawmakers were aghast at the spectacle, captured by television cameras, of committee aides flipping copies of the tapes to a gaggle of reporters Monday.

3.   A committee aide said that analysts from J.P. Morgan Chase, Lehman Brothers, Credit Suisse First Boston and Citigroup would be among those expected to testify.

4.   A Republican committee aide said it was unclear whether a hearing would even take place next month.

5.   A number of industry leaders are also expected to testify, though many top film studio executives have thus far declined to attend, according to committee aides.

6.   After Burton declined to dismiss Bossie, Rowley quit, along with several other committee aides.

7.   Burton admitted to editing errors, which placed the Hubbells and first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a harsher light and led to the departure of a committee aide.

8.   But since he became chairman, Helms has softened his style, according to Dan Fisk, a former GOP committee aide.

9.   Committee aides later said the FBI had told Adams of the arms-dealing allegation.

10.   Committee aides said that Burton would seek to call more Justice Department witnesses, including Ashcroft, and then decide whether to challenge the order in court.