Sentinel Wakes

A telephone call at 3:00 a.m. tells John Washington III that an explosion at a naval munitions depot outside Norfolk has killed three servicemen, and that sabotage has not been ruled out. Marcus Webb cannot tell him it was not them. From Ruth Adler, John obtains the names the official story leaves as numbers: Ensign Michael Torres, 22; Petty Officer Second Class James Dunn, 24, married with a young daughter; and Seaman David Okafor, 19. By noon the newspapers are carrying the same planted p...