A Review Series of Anonymous Tip, by Michael Farris<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\nPp. 259-264<\/em><\/p>\nAaron meets Judge Stokes in his office to go over some ground rules before examining the CPS computer. Judge Stokes tells Aaron he wants to learn as much as possible about Aaron\u2019s technology because \u201cI think this may open up a whole new area of legal inquiry.\u201d He explains that before computers, ordinary methods could be used to determine whether records had been changed, but that computers threw all that over. Then he tells Aaron this:<\/p>\n
\u201cOK. Let\u2019s get to our rules. First, you are not allowed to tell your friend Peter Barron about anything we find. Understood?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, sir.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOK. This is very important. You seem like a man of character and you\u2019ve got a government security clearance, so I am going to leave you on your honor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aaron smiled and nodded.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I don\u2019t know enough about the legal process to know whether this sort of thing is routinely allowed, but at least we know Judge Stokes knows that Aaron and Peter are good friends, and aren\u2019t just working together on this professionally.<\/p>\n
Judge Stokes and Aaron drive together to the CPS office, where they\u2019re met by Jeremy Bowden, \u201cthe CPS chief system analyst from Olympia,\u201d who says he is under \u201cstrict orders\u201d to \u201ccomply fully\u201d with all of their requests. Farris tells us that the department was unwilling to \u201cget caught in a coverup even if they did have some investigators who had gone too far.\u201d The trio enters the computer room and Aaron sits at the computer, with the other two on either side.<\/p>\n
He stroked the keyboard and ran some initial diagnostic commands to understand the basic nature of the system. Then with the assistance of Bowden, they located the sectors on the hard drive where the Landis files were supposed to be located.<\/p>\n
After a few more minutes, he pulled a 3.5\u2033 floppy disk out of his briefcase and put it in the A: drive in the body of the computer.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re getting there, Judge,\u201d Aaron said. \u201cThe preliminaries are just about over.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aaron typed the strokes to run the sectors on the hard drive through his \u201cdeciphering\u201d program. He spent about ten minutes scrolling through files until he said, \u201cBingo. This looks like one of the Landis reports.\u201d It was the intake record. After twenty seconds of slow scrolling, Aaron said, \u201cAnd here are your changes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I\u2019m going to need someone with more 1990s computer skills than I have to tell me whether Farris got the computer side of all of this right. Regardless, Judge Stokes as Aaron to print the changes, and Aaron suggests copying them to a floppy instead, and printing them later, which the judge agrees to.<\/p>\n
Next Aaron asks what other files they\u2019d have on the Landis case, in addition to the initial report, and then, through searching and scrolling, finds the investigate notes, with more changes. The judge is excited, and tells him to keep looking, but he doesn\u2019t find any more records. They go to \u201can office right down the hall\u201d to print the information out. Bowden has a question.<\/p>\n
\u201cCan I get a copy?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNot from us,\u201d the judge said. \u201cThey\u2019re your records. I can\u2019t stop the Department from using their own records, but I will say that if any further changes are made, I will jail however makes them for contempt of my court.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI won\u2019t risk it, Your Honor. I won\u2019t even go back and look. You\u2019ve got a clever man here in Mr. Roberts,\u201d Bowden said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
After the information is printed, Aaron gives both the papers and the floppy disk to Judge Stokes, who takes them back to his office to read through them.<\/p>\n
Two days later\u2014Friday July 22nd, if you\u2019re still keeping track\u2014Judge Stokes issues a ruling, finding that there were four changes made to the Landis file, all the same day that the lawsuit was filed against the CPS. There was no way to tell on which computer the changes had been made. Here were the changes:<\/p>\n
(1) The date of the intake call had been changed from May 5 to May 9;<\/p>\n
(2) The nature of the injuries had bene changed from \u201cunknown\u201d to \u201csevere bruises\u201d;<\/p>\n
(3) The name of the reporter had been changed from \u201canonymous\u201d to the name of a medical professional\u2014the new name was not specified in the order; and<\/p>\n
(4) The coding of the call had been changed from a Code 2 to a Code 1.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Predictably, Gail\u00a0and Matt Bartholomew freak out on each other immediately.<\/p>\n
Gail Willet\u2019s face turned ashen white when she got the judge\u2019s order. Her first call was to Matt Bartholomew, who was floored.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat have you gotten us into, Ms. Willet?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you talking about, Bartholomew?\u201d Willet answered angrily. \u201cYour agency\u2014and I remind you\u2014you<\/em>, represent this agency. Your<\/em> agency apparently thinks it\u2019s OK to tamper with government records. I had nothing to do with this.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThey go on like this for a while. Once Gail has Matt apologizing for accusing her of having any part in this, Gail says she\u2019s going to the library to look up cases where governments used forged documents, knowingly. She\u2019s hoping to find some sort of immunity.<\/p>\n
Peter wasn\u2019t able to reach Gwen with the news of the judge\u2019s order until after she left for work on Friday afternoon. They agreed to meet Saturday morning at ten for brunch and discuss the case. Gordon would be exercising visitation of Casey starting at nine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
First, how the heck was it easier to reach Gwen after<\/em> she was at work than before? At least we know she\u2019s still going to work from time to time, I suppose. Second, why meet for brunch rather than in a more professional setting, especially given that they\u2019re supposed to be keeping things professional? And third, what is UP with the way Farris discusses visitation!? It sounds creepy and gross!<\/p>\nI know this is a short segment, but I\u2019m going to leave things here for now. Discuss!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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