Chapter 10 - Collins Tries to Blame Miller
Major Collins hired counsel.
Then he began cooperating.
He admitted his brother owned Patriot Field Services.
He admitted helping the company obtain favorable treatment.
He admitted pressuring Dennis Shaw to approve invoices.
But he claimed Miller knew everything.
Sarah demanded evidence.
Collins produced text messages.
Some were damaging.
Miller repeatedly demanded shortages disappear from reports.
But none explicitly ordered fraudulent invoices.
Then Collins revealed a private spreadsheet.
It tracked money paid from Patriot Field Services to a consulting
company owned by his wife.
More than $310,000.
There were no payments to Miller.
Collins had been profiting directly.
Miller had been concealing problems to protect her career.
Collins exploited that culture to steal.
Two different forms of misconduct had reinforced each other.
Sarah refused to simplify the story.
The general was responsible for her choices.
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Collins was responsible for his.
Linda had been trapped beneath both.
