The Debriefing: Part I

a.”please state your name & rank for the record.” b.”private first class xxxxx xxxxxx, sir.” a.”are you aware of why you’re here, private?” b.”no, sir.” a.”you’re here because of a matter of vital importance---one of which, unfortunately, you seem to have come to the wrong conclusions about.” b.”sir?” a.”private, do you recall what time you returned to the barracks in the early morning of june 22nd?” b.“well sir, i suppose it was around 0200, give or take a few minutes.” a.“why so late, private?” b.”sir, it was a weekend.” a.”i see. anything special happen earlier that evening?” b.”i don’t recall sir.” a.”********, private. you don’t recall, or you don’t want to recall?” b.”sir, i’m sorry, but i don’t distinguish between the two.” a.”private, what we are concerned with here is not exactly what you did during that evening, but yet what it is that you told others that happened when you returned to the barracks, & what you have continued to inquire about publicly since then.” b.”sir, if you are speaking of what i think you are speaking of…” a.”yes?” b.”sir, if you are speaking of what i think you are, i honestly cannot think of anything else that it might have been.” a.”private. the world is full of possibilities.” b.”well, if that is the case, then it is quite possible…”