Is that story gospel? In which book is it? I've got both FIFTH FRONTIER
WAR and "The Spinward Marches Campaign" and don't remember that from
either item. Maybe my memory's gone kerflooey; if Adrian's right and I'm
wrong, then please accept my version of the story as the one that is
considered common ex post facto public knowledge in the postwar years.
(The trip to Algine was of course never mentioned to the media, so the
assassination attempt was the most palatable alternative story, and the
one that the news services ran as details of the case were allowed to
come to light.) At any rate, Adrian's story agrees with mine in one
fundamental area: Norris is used to getting things done, regardless of
whether he has to step beyond the bounds of propriety. We should be glad
that he's a more moral, decent guy than Lucan....
glip,
metlay