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Date Posted: 01:04:40 11/19/02 Tue
Author: manette
Subject: Did Harm's feelings as an aviator get in his way or save the day???
In reply to: - 's message, "season eight: In Thin Air, October 22, 2002" on 03:11:09 10/26/02 Sat

Am I wrong in assuming that Mac and Sturgis would have already had the pilot�s statement that Harm was referring to when he and Mac had �inappropriate contact�?

I would think that the prosecution would have talked to the pilot that monitored the descent of the plane and they would have given it to the defense as discovery if the defense hadn�t already talked to him on their own.

When the Admiral removed Harm from the case he told him to give Sturgis all his notes and there was enough information that Sturgis immediately started presenting a convincing diffusion of blame defense. Harm had obviously done the research so why wouldn�t he have used the information unless he had another theory and was going to develop another strategy based on his knowledge as a pilot.

Harm is too good a lawyer to not offer some kind of defense for the petty officer. Even if he thought the guy was guilty he knows that an appeal based on inadequate council wouldn�t be good for his career.

As an aviator Harm would get things from reading those reports that Mac or Sturgis might miss. I am also assuming that he had Tiner load the flight simulator information onto his computer while he was still on the case because if he had asked him to do it afterwards that would have been suspicious. That would indicate that this idea didn�t just occur to him after he had been �severed�.

Mac asks him about the report he is holding and he starts telling her what it is and some of the information that�s in it�This is not new information�then he stops and says they shouldn�t be talking about it. Mac then jumps on the mechanical failure theory-- which was never Harm�s theory at all. When Sturgis comes up and asks if they are talking about the case Harm continues to back away restating that he is off the case.

I don�t know what Harm would have done if Sturgis hadn�t brought the inappropriate contact charge but he would probably have gone to the Admiral and tried to get the information to both Mac and Sturgis once he thought he could prove his theory.

I keep reading that Harm acted like a jerk and was just going to let the poor guy hang and how he was acting unethically by helping Mac and not Sturgis-- I just don't buy any of that.

Harm is always motivated by the search for truth�I don�t think this case is any different.

BTW- I love the vulnerable, slightly confused, what did I do wrong Harm. I thought he was incredibly sexy this entire episode.

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