Chapter 10 - Whitaker Brings the Missing Memorandum
General Whitaker returned the next morning.
He brought a document he had kept for seven years.
A memorandum from Colonel Mercer.
Mercer had questioned the authenticity of Naomi’s route approval before
the original inquiry closed.
The concern never appeared prominently in the final administrative
record.
Whitaker had retained his copy because the outcome bothered him.
“I should have pushed harder.”
Naomi looked at him.
“You were told the technical review confirmed my credentials.”
“I was.”
“So was I.”
The new server logs changed that.
They showed credential duplication was possible.
Whitaker helped Naomi contact appropriate military legal channels to
request review of her records.
He did not promise exoneration.
Neither did Naomi.
But for the first time, the old finding could be challenged with
evidence unavailable during the original proceedings.
Whitaker looked at Adrian.
“Your father tried to fix this.”
Adrian nodded.
“Too late.”
May you like
Naomi folded the memorandum.
“Late isn’t the same as never.”
