Forsythe answered on the fourth ring.It was past midnight and she answered on the fourth ring which told me either she was still working or she slept the way people slept when they were running a major investigation. Lightly. With the phone close."It's me," I said. "I'm sorry for the hour.""Don't be," she said. Her voice was alert. Fully awake. "What do you have.""Dalton's defense is using the program's theoretical foundation to argue legitimate scope," I said. "You've seen the preliminary filing.""Yesterday morning," she said. "It's a problem. The foundational documents we have are the modified versions. The program's own records. They do support a broad interpretation of scope.""The original version exists," I said. "Pre-modification. Written by the scientist who built the framework before the program expanded beyond his intended design. It explicitly excludes forced enhancement and forced control. It directly contradicts the scope argument Dalton's team is making."A pause."
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