Mr. Bond repeated his assertion the next day during a radio interview.

Mr. Bond now says the transactions will not go through anyway.

Mr. Bond operates from a position of strength in these matters.

Mr. Bond answered a wide range of questions about the matter.

Mr. Bond called the inquiry an attempt to silence the group.

Mr. Bond would have been right at home in the newest model, with all its electronics.

Mr. Bond also has interests in sports, the arts and education.

Mr. Bond didn't even try to justify the sale in military or foreign policy terms.

Mr. Bond, then 28, could not have actually gotten the nomination because he was too young.

Mr. Bonds was one of 200 people in the shanties, the police said.