Jen had finally managed to calm Mac down enough to get her back to her office and she had fallen asleep on her couch.
Gibbs was seated in a chair waiting to talk to her.
"Stress isn't good for her." Jen told Gibbs. "She'll probably sleep for a couple of hours hopefully."
"Were you here when she got the note?" Gibbs asked.
"Yes."
"Then maybe you can answer some of my questions Petty Officer."
"Of course, but first I need to contact the parties involved in the court martial she is presiding over and tell them that the case is on hold until at least 0900 tomorrow."
"Do you have the authority to do that?" Gibbs asked.
"Not to make the decision, I'll have to talk to the Admiral first, but to tell them about it yes, it's part of my job."
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"So tell me exactly happened?" Gibbs said.
"She was feeling nauseous so she recessed the court martial for twenty minutes and went and threw up."
"Then what happened?" He asked.
"After I checked on her we came back here. Some mail had been delivered and put on my desk. I went through it, and there was an envelope marked urgent. I handed it to her; she opened it, read it and dropped it to the ground. I picked it up and read it; I sat her down and asked her watch she wanted me to do with it. She instructed me to put it in an evidence bag, while I was doing that she was phoning Abi's day-care to check on her and she would be released to anyone but her parents."
"The first person she called was the day-care?" Gibbs sounded slightly surprised.
"Do you have kids Special Agent Gibbs?"
"No."
"Abi is the most important person in the Colonel's life. When someone makes a threat against them both, of course Abi is going to be the first person she made sure she was safe."
"Do you have children Petty Officer?" Gibbs asked.
"No, not yet, but Abi is my goddaughter. The Colonel is a good friend as well as my direct superior officer."
"So what happen then?"
"She called you. After which she sent me to them that the court martial would be delay indefinitely and she went and informed Commander Turner and Major Williams who are prosecuting the case against Captain Krennick. Which led to Admiral Morris who is presiding and Lieutenant Commander McPhalin who is defending the Captain being informed."
"Then Admiral Chegwidden and Rabb were informed?" Gibbs said.
"Yes sir."
"Just out of curiosity what is Krennick being court martialled for?" Gibbs inquired.
"It's only at the Article 32 stage at the moment. But up until this morning it was just Conduct Unbecoming."
"And now?"
"I believe Major Williams found some people willing to testify that Captain Krennick sexually harassed them. So that charge was added."
"Why last minute?" Gibbs asked.
"Originally they were working with the evidence that Captain Krennick had a series of women file complaints against her for conduct with their husband that they view unprofessional and with pressure from the Captain on there husbands they withdrew the complaints."
"Are we talking about one or two?"
"Try I think the last count was 26 over the last ten years. That doesn't include anyone else who didn't file a complaint." Jen explained.
"Why would anyone blame Colonel Mackenzie for this and threaten her to get the charges dropped?" Gibbs asked.
"Captain Rabb working with Captain Krennick about eight years ago, he was a Lieutenant, then a Lieutenant Commander, while she was a Commander and the Admiral's aide. Let's just say she wasn't very subtle about being forward with him. I don't know exact details."
"That doesn't explain Colonel Mackenzie's connection. The Colonel has me get the personnel files randomly of the lawyers who appear before her that she doesn't know. Captain Krennick's was one of them. The list of complaints and their withdrawal raised a few questions and she asked Lieutenant Sims and I to talk to them see if we could find out why they had filed complaints. She never saw any of the information we found out, but when we had collected enough, she had us hand it over to Major Williams who is now prosecuting the case against her."
"So she blames her for having this matter brought up at all? Do you know if she ever made any threats towards the Colonel?"
"Captain Krennick told her she was to blame for it when Major Williams informed her of the conduct unbecoming charge. Another thing you should know, while the Colonel was talking to a civilian judge friend of hers, she mentioned Captain Krennick to her, and she sent over a restraining order, which said Captain Krennick had to keep away from Captain Rabb. Captain Krennick wasn't too happy about that. At the time she was served she was trying to talk Captain Rabb into going out to dinner with her, which wasn't the first time since she came arrived here a couple of weeks ago for the court martial she was defence counsel for."
"Thank you Petty Officer, I'll come back in a few hours to talk to the Colonel." Gibbs said standing.
"Yes sir. I'll let the Colonel know."
"Ma'am, is this a bad time?" Sgt Gilbert asked.
"We're just finishing what is it Sgt?" Jen asked.
"We've checked both Colonel Mackenzie and Captain Rabb's cars; they are both clear and as far as we can tell haven't been tampered with." Gilbert informed her. "There are also an extra four members of security stationed just outside."
"Thank you." Jen replied. "The Colonel is in her office for now."
"I'll remain here."
"Take a seat." Jen instructed.
"You had their cars checked?" Gibbs questioned.
"Admiral Morris ordered it sir." Gilbert replied.
TBC
