Chapter 11 - Base Leadership Tries To Cover Up
Before Captain Vance could join her in the office, the executive camp director, Colonel Brooks, rushed into the lobby.
“What is the meaning of this federal intrusion? You have no jurisdiction over administrative funding allocations here!” Brooks shouted.
Elena stepped out of the office, holding a printed financial ledger that detailed Colonel Brooks’s personal kickbacks.
“Good afternoon, Director Brooks; I think you’ll find our jurisdiction extends to every corrupt corner of this facility,” Elena replied smoothly.
Brooks went pale, recognizing the specific header on the paperwork clutched tightly in Elena’s hand.
“That... that is an internal accounting draft; it doesn’t prove anything illegal,” Brooks stammered, backing toward the exit.
May you like
“Captain, detain him for obstruction of justice and conspiracy to defraud the United States government,” Elena ordered sharply.
Two military police officers stepped forward instantly, blocking Brooks’s escape route and securing his wrists in steel cuffs.
