Blake continues with the O’Dell case, and asks Longman if the reason for non-disclosure was “simply because you didn’t consider those matters shouldn’t be disclosed or because of bigger business concerns?”
Longman says that it was because it hadn’t been fully investigated.
“Can you see a problem there in where you don’t continue with a case because there may be a bug but you don’t look into that bug therefore you don’t consider it being a case that merits disclosing?” Blake asks.
“Yes, that should’ve gone up to Fujitsu for an investigation,” Longman says, and denies that there was any deliberate attempt to not investigate it.
Longman says that he asked O’Dell herself to identify a smaller period of time where she could identify problems during the interview.
Blake asks: “Do you think putting that burden on a defendant is a difficult burden to put on them?”
Longman agrees, but adds that as an investigator he wasn’t really aware what the faults with