[[William F. Weld]] was the [[United States Attorney|U.S. Attorney]] in Boston, Massachusetts. He received a document dated May 16, 1985, signed by [[William Bradford Reynolds]], Assistant [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] in the Civil Rights Division of the [[United States Department of Justice|U.S. Department of Justice]]. This document advised Weld that the [[PROMIS]] software was being provided to an Arab Sheik for resale and general distribution in his region, contingent upon specific conditions, including a "soft arrival" without paperwork or customs delays, and equipped with a special data retrieval unit. Weld was instructed to process the financial aspects through [[Credit Suisse]] into [[National Commercial Bank]] and to contact Reynolds directly if he encountered any problems.[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.