MR LAX
Look I think we're missing the point here a little bit, frankly, and that is there's a difference between acting in the course and scope of your employment and then getting a specific authority to do specific things.  And that's really what we're trying to separate out here.  Course and scope simply implies where do you reside, what is the nature of your duties?  Whether he had specific authority or not is a question of fact in each instance and the two are quite different determinations in ...(sound cut off)