The military cable is hidden in a ravine of the Port Authority of Arbatax. Away from prying eyes, silenced by higher orders. Nobody should know what happens in that stretch of sea off the eastern coast of Sardinia, the one where the "ups and downs" of passenger ships, cargo freight and oil tankers pass every day. Only the "drafts" on board allow you to intercept the message of the Command of the Experimental Polygon and Joint Forces Training of "Salto di Quirra".
Secret dispatch
The "secret" dispatch is directed to the top management of the maritime district office responsible for the area. The content for the state offices is synthetic as few. There are not too many news and explanations to be provided externally, let alone if the content of the phonogram must announce that, during the war games off the polygon, the "joint forces" ships, destroyers and aircraft carriers, "dispersed" two war missiles ended up submerged in those waters without ever exploding. It was last October 24th when sheet 15479 broke into the desk of Mattia Caniglia, the thirty-four-year-old commander of the Circomare di Arbatax who had just landed in Sardinia from Mazara del Vallo where he led the technical, security and port defense section.
Explosive alarm
He couldn't help but read that letter from the high seas just delivered from the upper floors of Quirra. He had to carefully evaluate it, understand how to move, since the news concerned a real explosive alarm in the stretch of sea where boats, ships of all kinds, fishermen and so on pass every day. On the other hand, he knew very well that the news had to be treated with confidentiality since the military leaders had not reached out to divulge the news. 48 hours pass and the new commander breaks the delay. He cannot keep track of that news for long: at 11 and 17 on Wednesday 26 October his digital signature authorizes the publication of the alarm in the less frequented area of the Harbor Office, that of the notices.
Notice of danger
No ordinance, too visible, even though the Command of the Salto di Quirra had explicitly requested that provision, peremptory and ordering. The Harbor Master's Office does not respond to the request for an ordinance and opts for a "Notice of Danger". It is number two of the current year. By chance, therefore, it turns out that 18 days earlier, on October 8, the same captaincy had been forced to issue the first danger notice of the year. In that case, four days had passed from the Polygon's alarm to the publication of the official note, meaning that the procedure for disclosing the news "secretly" had been carefully examined. The leak was leaked by the second announcement of danger in order of time.
