Subject: Statement
Date: 27 Sep 1999 15:01:16 GMT
From: dsperprod@aol.com (Dsperprod)
Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com
Newsgroups: alt.conspiracy.jfk

In October 1997, Ray La Fontaine downloaded an Author Profile
from DejaNews, Inc., now known as Deja.Com, Inc. (hereinafter
"Deja News"), concerning Steve Bochan.  It contained sexually-
oriented sites/newsgroups.  At that time, we believed in good
faith that he had posted to these newsgroups.  Subsequently, we
posted messages on the Internet commenting on his postings to
these newsgroups.

We have since learned that in October 1997, indexing errors in
Author Profiles were made by Deja News as a result of the
technical problems they were experiencing at that time.  It
appears that this was the case with the Deja News Author
Profile of Steve Bochan, in that Deja News' general counsel now
states that there is no record of him posting to sexually-
oriented newsgroups.  We now believe that the sexually-oriented
newsgroups attributed to him were probably false, and that he
never, in fact, posted to these sexually-oriented newsgroups.
We regret any embarrassment we may have caused Mr. Bochan as a
result of these postings.

All parties to this dispute regret any statements impugning the
others' honesty or integrity.

Ray La Fontaine
Mary La Fontaine