"We decided that these secret recordings were better than what you could get out of live testimony on the stand."

Others wanted a full trial with live testimony.

And to avoid them, they sometimes agree to give evidentiary depositions to be used in lieu of their live testimony.

She also provided the first live testimony of the Hiroshima bombing to be widely publicized in the media.

Such an abrupt finish could effectively mean that the Senate would not hear live testimony from any witnesses.

The Saudis have declined to make the questioners available for live testimony at the trial here.

The court of inquiry, for example, did not take live testimony from any of the 16 civilians.

All requests to provide live testimony at one of the two public hearings were granted.

The rules of evidence do not apply during grand jury proceedings, so I didn't have to use live testimony to establish this background.

The failure of the three witnesses to provide new information was part of the Senate's decision to skip live testimony.