In Re United States of America

CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Defendants were indicted for conspiracy to violate various federal statutes. During the course of the trial, one of the defendants invoked Federal Rule of Evidence 615 which requires the exclusion of witnesses from the courtroom.1 The second exception *667to Rule 615 provides that a witness may remain in the courtroom if he is “an officer or employee of a party which is not a natural person designated as its representative by its attorney.” The government designated a federal agent, Doredant, who had been involved in the preparation of the ease, as its representative…