NARRATIVE of WARD COURIER/CONFERENCE with TED BENNETT, Continued

March, 2012

BUFFALO, NY

"I thought it was fictional," I said, my tone rising. "I still don't know that most of it wasn't."

Bennett recovered his cool. "Your understanding of developments seemed relevant enough that we wondered about the level of your own involvement."

I shook my head unhappily. 'Back to that,' I thought.

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