Nothing has changed over the last six months. He has just caved in. He's not getting anything in return for the concessions he is making.

Our climate has changed here so dramatically in the last six months that we're all trying to adjust.

With a paper return, you may not know about a commonplace processing error until six, nine, 12 months later. With e-filing, you know within 48 hours.

We need between three to six months. I am not going to specify the periods now because we have an international committee actually involving the European Union, the United States, Canada, Japan and Norway who work with us in the local government elections. I will convene this committee as soon as possible.

I would be very surprised if they did not emerge in the next six months. But they've had a lot of misfires, and if they were better focused at the top they'd be out by now. They can get out, but if they don't do it with new management they'll be back in if they're not careful.

It's not uncommon for a complex investigation to last six to 18 months.