But a Johnson Space Center source who asked not to be identified said there's a sufficient amount of lunar material on which scientific analysis has been completed to satisfy the requirement the transfer would not compromise such studies.
"Even if some of his statements are misleading by their negative implication that Mr. Bakaly was not a source of information that he in fact supplied or confirmed, such a finding does not provide a sufficient basis for a criminal contempt conviction for making false statements, " Johnson wrote in a 50-page ruling.