On 23 Aug 2004 at 9:13, David Silberstein wrote <snip> > > "A Jhereg noble was killed - > but he was a member of the Organization, as is the suspect, and we > don't mess with the Organization, and the Organization doesn't mess > with us. If the Organization wants, the suspect will be 'taken care > of' by someone in the Organization." Or perhaps, knowing that a member of the Organization will not testify against the Organization (I can't remember which book that was in...) they ask formalized questions which allow the person testifying to both remain "truthful" and "true to House Jhereg" - or, in the hopes that if you give someone enough rope they will form a noose and hang themselves. M Michele Riccio mr1 at rcosta.com