But given all that, given the fact that these speculations and deductions made sense and fit the facts, did that make Colonel William Kent, provost marshal of Fort Hadley, a suspect in the murder of Captain Ann Campbell? There wasn’t a document in the country that was safe anymore, and the Confidential classification might as well say, “Widest Possible Distribution.”
The report completed, I hit the intercom button on the telephone and said, “Have a clerk report to me.”
Army clerks are sort of like civilian secretaries, except that many of them are men, though I’m seeing more female clerks these days!