>lower folks will get nervous enough to talk. Or we could temporarily assign
>him to your command as you are technically overseeing a criminal
>investigation and can pull rank on Van Der Loo. We need to take away any
>possibilities of retribution. Or we invite him here to talk."
>Joanna had had little to offer since she did not have a strong background
in
>the law. "I can tell you that he wants to talk. It is not going to take
>too much to convince him to do so if we can guarantee his physical and
>professional safety from Van Der Loo. He knows that there is something
>terribly wrong going on in this sector."
David nodded.
>Joanna listened as the considered what she had said. "At the same time, I
>do not think that pulling rank on Van Der Loo will be in the best interest
>of the investigation. Considering his personality, I think it will just
>cause him to stonewall, pulling all of his people and resources close to
>him. It might make finding the information harder."
She was right but it was the Admiral's call.
>"It might be easier to talk to people on the planet and come up with some
>irrefutable evidence that will force him to admit some of the problems.
>Usually, the causes a defence to crumble."
"Unless he's scared people into being silent down there too. Colonel Stark
might be useful-he's the one who wanted me to speak to him before but Van
Der Loo got to him."
Jared had been listening quietly as Joanna and David debated their options. He had his hands steppled before him as his eyes roamed back and forth. "I am not afraid of putting the full force of this investigation against Van Der Loo, but I am leery of doing that too soon, particularly against his underlings. it might be better to approach Stark and some of the other people on the planet to see what we can get out of them. I have already talked to the Colonel myself, and I know that he will be more open to discussions than the Admiral had been."
(folks?)
AJ
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