Why use video as a complement to the reporter's transcript while deposing the "Big Three" during the Clinton impeachment trial? Because without it there would be no body language or facial expressions to observe. Savvy attorneys are very much aware of how seeing a witness's facial expression, long pauses, signs of fear, agitation, anger, etc., can convey the true message behind the spoken and transcribed words. In this case, these three witnesses were being videotaped in lieu of actually appearing at the Senate trial.
