[ outraged would have been leaving the meeting early, the rest of them be damned, to do his own intel work. but there are a dozen different routes they could take, and as much as he hates it... he has a feeling he might actually need some backup. And his team currently is actually dead. maybe.

he's hoping it's not actually true. ]

I'm just pointing out the obvious: something that would've been good to know a month or two ago wasn't shared until after 20 people were dead. Even if it is handed on a silver platter to us, it might be too late to be of any use.

I don't want to only hash out what we do better next time. I want to stop next time before it happens and we all go home.