“Did General Mercer ask you to?”
“No.”
“Direct you?”
“No.”
“Then the request was your decision.”
“It was a business decision.”
Daniel made one mark.
Nothing more.
That mattered.
No accusation that Arthur had committed some crime.
No claim he had improperly influenced me.
The document only showed who made the request.
Arthur himself.
Before I entered the matter.
Before the White House confrontation.
Before anyone could accuse me of creating the urgency.
Arthur looked toward the review panel.
“There is nothing improper about asking for expedited consideration.”