Anthony J. Bryant <71233.3035@compuserve.com> asks:
> Does she not have any idea what Covert means?

No, there's nothing secret in Garibaldi being head of covert
intelligence, any more than it's secret who the head of the CIA is.
There was no reason she couldn't say that in front of them, or anyone
else; it's common knowledge.

jms

{original post had no questions}

"Well, actually she still wouldn't discuss it in public."

What public?

These are two STATION PERSONNEL, who work for her, who are part
of the military command structure, who have the same loyalty oaths as
she has. They didn't have this conversation in the Zocalo, in front of
civilians, it was in a closed area with two other STATION PERSONNEL,
who are entrusted with a high enough security clearance that they can
work on C&C firing consoles during heavy action, in a situation where
every second counts in getting things ready for the next wing of an
imminent attack.

This is a non-starter issue, frankly.

jms

{original post had no questions}

That might apply in a straight hierarchical organization, but
Garibaldi is not her superior; they are on parallel lines of command,
not vertical, he doesn't answer to her, she doesn't answer to him. She
has total and complete authority over the station and is answerable
only to Earthdome and, in political matters, to Sheridan.

You may not think this sort of thing happens, but it does, and
it would. You're talking to the only producer to go out and berate
Angela Lansbury's son who was then directing an episode of Murder, She
Wrote, in front of his whole crew, and still remain employed afterward.

jms

{original post had no questions}

"That sounds like a compliment to Angela Lansbury."

Actually, it is. After I came back from yelling at her
son/director, everybody was white as a sheet..."You're gonna be fired."
Within the hour she called me into her office (she was then exec
producer) and asked me what that was all about. I told her, very
specifically, how I felt he had completely gotten the intent wrong on
several scenes, lost some clues, and otherwise was blowing it on this
one important sequence. She listened, considered it, and finally said,
"You did the right thing."

It was *extremely* classy on her part, and I've never forgotten
that. Never will. It was a good example to me of how to conduct myself
when I got to this position.

jms