My point is that they shouldn't have been involved in that mess to begin with. And I'm not too sure that Charlie saved anyone's butt's but lucked out through incompetency. He was being set up to be had by them.
You probably know better, though, since you've been in this for years.
Thank you for that Woldumar...there are always two sides to every story and it's good to see that someone from that time period can elaborate on the story ..