The Midnight Recording: How a Pentagon Signal Officer Used His Wife's Own Voice to Cover Up a $185,000 Treason Scheme
👉 Previous Action: You continued from Chapter 8, discovering the $185,000 Swiss bank transfers.
The Geneva bank receipts lay spread across Clara’s kitchen table, cold hard proof of Arthur’s treason. Evelyn stared at the numbers, Julian’s memory a fresh wound. He had died because of this.
“We have the bank records,” Evelyn said, her voice shaking with suppressed rage. “Isn’t that enough?”
Clara shook her head, her expression grim. “Not for the Pentagon. They’ll bury it. Claim it’s a clerical error, a forgery. We need something ironclad, Evelyn. Something that connects Arthur’s personal signature directly to this $185,000 transaction. Otherwise, military authorities will sweep this case under the rug.”
Clara pointed out two potential targets on a map of downtown Washington D.C. that morning. The first was the Pentagon itself, specifically the switchboard operators. The second, Arthur’s private bank.
“We need a military log, a signed order,” Clara insisted. “Something irrefutable.”
The choice was clear. They needed the official paper trail to match the unofficial bank transfers.
Choose your next action
Intercept Private Thomas Higgins at the Pentagon switchboard to secure the wiretap log sheets. — Read CHAPTER 10 to continue
Use Julian’s master key to access Arthur’s private deposit box at First National Bank on K Street. — Read CHAPTER 11 to continue
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