MR KAHANOVITZ
Mr Basson, let me put a hypothetical proposition to you for your comment.  Let's assume that Gen Webb wasn't very keen on the idea of people being assassinated inside the borders of the Republic.  Let us further assume that Joe Verster thought it was a very good idea to assassinate people within the borders of the Republic.  If the power relationship between the two of them was such that Joe Verster wasn't particularly interested in what Webb's views were, wouldn't Verster then just go ahead and just do things?  He's not scared of the General.