Chapter 17 Time to Trust Someone The first phone call was to a friend of Grantham at the FBI. 'Phil, this is Gray Grantham. I've got the recorder on.' 'That sounds serious. Go on.' 'We're going to print a story tomorrow about the Rosenberg and Jensen killings. We're going to name Victor Mattiece as the man behind the killings, and also two of his lawyers here in Washington. We'll connect this story with the killing of Verheek in New Orleans. We believe the FBI knew about Mattiece early on but refused to investigate at the request of the White House. We want to give you the chance to comment.' There was silence. 'Phil, are you there?' 'Yes, I think so.' 'Any comment?' 'I'm sure we will have a comment, but I'll have to call you back.' 'OK. I'll look forward to it.' In fact it was Voyles himself who called back, about ten minutes later. He demanded to speak to Smith Keen. 'What are you doing, Smith?' he said. 'We're still investigating Mattiece. It's too early to be sure. What have you got?' 'Does the name Darby Shaw mean anything to you?' Keen asked. 'Yes.' 'We have the Pelican Brief, Denton, and I'm sitting here looking at Darby Shaw.' 'I was afraid she was dead.' 'No, she's not. And she and Gray Grantham have an independent witness to support the brief. It's a big story, Denton.' 'We need to meet. I'll come round in twenty minutes.' 'OK.' Keen put the phone down and smiled. He was amused at the idea of the great F. Denton Voyles coming round to his office for a meeting. The next phone call Gray made was to Fletcher Coal in the White House. Coal agreed that Mattiece had given large amounts of money towards the President's election, but denied that Mattiece and the President were close friends. He had to admit that he was familiar with the Pelican Brief. When Gray asked why there had not been an immediate investigation of Mattiece, Coal angrily denied that the White House had tried to slow down such an investigation. Then Voyles arrived with K. O. Lewis. Keen took him into his own office and gave him a copy of the story to read while Gray made the third phone call. He rang White and Blazevich and was put through to Marty Velmano. For the third time he explained that he was recording the conversation. 'Mr Velmano,' Gray said, 'we're printing a story in the morning which names your client Victor Mattiece as the man behind the killings of Rosenberg and Jensen.' 'Good!' said Velmano. 'We'll take you to court. By the time we're finished, Mr Mattiece will own the Washington Post.' 'Mr Velmano, we have a copy of the Pelican Brief. Have you heard of it?' Silence. 'We also have a copy of a note you sent to Sims Wakefield on 28 September.