>He could probably get out of that by claiming that he didn't actually
>KNOW this at the time he began... but yes, that's a bad one, too.

Any mistake that comes within a hair's width of causing the eradication of all life on Earth is not something for which excuses can be made.

Also... Roger isn't one to beg, plead or grovel. I suspect he took his demotion with a stony face and an eerie calmness.

(That's just my speculation, btw, based on what I know of the character.)

Besides, he did know. It's a matter of public record, and it would have been in Miss LeClercq's report. His troops may not have known, but if so that's only because Roger made the mistake of not telling them.

>If we want to point out his BIGGEST mistake, it's not actually HIS -
>it's the Psi Cops in general. Their entire attitude of superiority,
>so that when people actually RESIST them, or foil their plans, they
>all seem to lose their cool and become irrational.
>
>Which begs the question of just WHY?

I won't answer for all cases... but in Hunted Rose, they were dealing not only with normals, but normal children. Even a normal could make that mistake in judgement.

--truss.