I did not know which part of Gavin’s story they contradicted or how far that contradiction went.

But the inquiry had reached something more substantial than a sentence on the back of a photograph.

I could feel the old impulse to make one powerful call and force an answer into existence.

I did not follow it.

I replied asking for the records to be preserved, the circumstances of their recovery documented, and our independent counsel brought in.

I asked what Julian meant by lied and which document supported it.