Calhoun. General.
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Mac lies to people a lot. To Jellico, mostly, at least as of lately. He says, "Admiral, we've sent the mission reports. Twice. It must be a problem on your end."
To his crew: "Keep doing your jobs, I'm handling the situation. If there's anything I need from you, I'll let you know."
To alien ministers and heads of state: "I give you my personal guarantee that Mr. Kebron will not harm you. Please, come into the conference lounge. There's not much we can accomplish out here by the ops station."
He lies sometimes to Picard and Shelby, but it feels worse, and so he tries not do it very much. But it happens. He says, "I have everything under control" and "The plasma injectors were fixed last week" and "It's only synthahol."
(In the morning, to Eppy: "I tried to tell you to drink more water, but you wouldn't listen.")
Lying isn't the most respectable way to conduct his affairs, of course, but it's gotten him out of some very, very tight spots.