How little the truth counted
in these proceedings, Diana thought as she listened to the screw up.
Neither of these men, who are being questioned and are the only ones
allowed to speak, were at Belmont when these events were occurring.
Most of the time they are way out in left field with their answers.
And here I sit, mute because the system demands it, unable to clear up
the confusion. All this money spent and the judge still doesn't understand
what the SmurFFs are. He asked for clarification and got gibberish.
There's the gavel. One more useless hearing is over with.
Then, just as winter was getting a firm grip on the land,
the Attorney General released her report. Diana and her
supporters were jubilant. The local paper printed and the
TV and radio blared: "A strongly worded report from the A.G.'s
office to President Pope maintains that professor was fired unjustly."
The A.G.'s thirty page comprehensive Letter of Determination (LOD),
made it clear right at the beginning that the Belmont administration
had refused to cooperate in the investigation. It emphasized that,
"The University declined to make available people and information.
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