Sualog, who has a masters degree in clinical psychology and twenty years of child welfare experience, knew she never could or would let that happen because of the consequences, she later told colleagues. So she said as little as possible to her boss, Lloyd, and his boss, Wagner. “OK, I’ll see what I can do,” she replied. The meeting ended, without Lloyd acting on his earlier impulse to specifically and literally order the destruction of the list. But quickly, word spread throughout the office about what had happened and what those in the meeting understood their director’s intention to be.
