Intelligence agent Lord Rothschild, who led the inquiry, said: "the story is fishy... I am somewhat doubtful if this is a real attempt to liquidate the general."

负责此次调查行动的情报人员罗德·罗斯柴德表示：“这个故事是虚构的……我甚至怀疑是否这真是一次暗杀将军的行动。”

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If someone is telling a story you find fishy, ask questions that force him to relate events in a different order.

如果有人告诉你某件事情，你觉得内有蹊跷，那就问问题，这些问题要迫使他使用不同的顺序来讲述事情。

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Something was a bit fishy about the story from the start, considering that Mildred and Rogelio separated shortly after she gave birth and that the divorce papers they filed ten years later stated that they had no minor children together.

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