[MUDDOG]

ALL of it was discover-able independently of me

Then as Sherlock Holmes said, "I am not retained by the police to make up for their deficiencies." ("The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle")

[lafroste]

Aye, there is the rub. It WAS my place to intercept things like this. I let TPTB know, and he died anyway. It was a deliberate decision.