Overview
This dossier contains confidential records for Alex Reid.
Material is provisional, cross-referenced from recovered files, protected records, and field notes.
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Alex Reid
Subject: Alex Reid
FORMAL SAFETY INTERVIEW RECORD
SUBJECT: Alex Reid
CLASSIFICATION: OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE // SAFETY INVESTIGATION
REFERENCE: CONTROLLED COPY // COT/MARINE/2035/CTC023
Document control
CASE REFERENCE: COT/MARINE/2035/CTC023
SUBJECT: Alex Reid
CENTRAL RECORD: COTEAEE92FAEF01B
RANK / APPOINTMENT: Former Royal Marine / private security consultant
ORGANISATION: Former Royal Marines / former Hexline support / private security
DATE OF BIRTH: 1993-04-15
PLACE / NATIONALITY: Glasgow, Scotland, British
INTERVIEW STATUS: Witness / account holder
LOCATION: Secure interview suite — location withheld
DATE: 19 September 2035
LEAD AUTHORITY: Marine Accident Investigation Branch
RECORDING MEDIA: Two sealed digital masters and one independent evidential hash
DISTRIBUTION: Named recipients only. No automated onward distribution.
NOTE: Handling notice. This document contains operational, personal and evidential material. It may be read only by a person with both the required clearance and a recorded need to know. Extraction of images, transcript segments or metadata creates a new controlled copy.
Identity and visual evidence control
VISUAL ASSET STATUS: Passport image: attached; dossier image frames available: 2; surveillance frames available: 0; identity match: matched by subject/asset map.
Reason for interview or reconstruction
This record concerns the subject's knowledge of Al Bahr Logistics, MI5, Argus, Hexline; and associated decisions, communications and evidence handling. The scope of this record is confined to the matters set out above and to evidence formally introduced during the session.
Preliminary investigator note
The subject completed identity verification but challenged the assumption that a valid administrative record necessarily described the physical event.
Recorded interview transcript
LEAD INSPECTOR: State your full name for the record.
ALEX REID: Alex Reid
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you understand the status of this interview and the limits placed on distribution?
ALEX REID: Yes. Record that I have asked for the original media and audit trail to be preserved.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Have you been offered the representation, legal advice or staff support applicable to this procedure?
ALEX REID: I have, and I reserve the right to stop if the questioning moves outside them.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-01 Retained extract: Reid an ex-Royal Marine turned private security consultant. Associated persons: Daniel Sykes Relevant systems or locations: Al Bahr Logistics, MI5
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: The timing is supportable. Attribution is not. If the original is no longer available, that absence should remain part of your finding.
LEAD INSPECTOR: What did you understand at that moment, before later analysis supplied a larger explanation?
ALEX REID: That is what the system reported. It is not necessarily what the equipment physically did. Check Al Bahr Logistics against the unprocessed record before you accept the later label.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-02 Retained extract: HXL / SUPPORT / KENT-04 / REID-A.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: The timing is supportable. Attribution is not. the person who held the contemporaneous log can confirm the sequence, but not necessarily the interpretation.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Who else was physically present and capable of confirming your account without relying on the same electronic record?
ALEX REID: That is what the system reported. It is not necessarily what the equipment physically did. If the original is no longer available, that absence should remain part of your finding.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Are you saying the official record is wrong?
ALEX REID: I am saying it may be accurate about the event and wrong about the cause.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-03 Retained extract: Alex Reid had been dead in Ministry records since 2029 and irritably alive in Sykes’s contacts ever since. Associated persons: Daniel Sykes Relevant systems or locations: Argus, Al Bahr Logistics, Hexline, identity
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: I preserved the raw state before testing the explanation. Anything else would have changed the evidence. The missing interval matters more than the wording placed around it afterwards.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Why was the matter not escalated through the ordinary reporting route?
ALEX REID: The timing is supportable. Attribution is not. Check Argus against the unprocessed record before you accept the later label.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-04 Retained extract: Alex Reid had been dead in Ministry records since 2029 and irritably alive in Sykes’s contacts ever since. Associated persons: Daniel Sykes Relevant systems or locations: Argus, Al Bahr Logistics, Hexline, identity
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: I preserved the raw state before testing the explanation. Anything else would have changed the evidence. My answer is limited to what I personally saw, heard or ordered.
LEAD INSPECTOR: What part of the retained record is incomplete or misleading?
ALEX REID: I preserved the raw state before testing the explanation. Anything else would have changed the evidence. My answer is limited to what I personally saw, heard or ordered.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Are you saying the official record is wrong?
ALEX REID: I am saying it may be accurate about the event and wrong about the cause.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-05 Retained extract: Alex Reid had lost weight and most of the colour from his beard. Associated persons: Daniel Sykes
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: The timing is supportable. Attribution is not. Check the physical record against the unprocessed record before you accept the later label.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Which physical record should be examined before this account is treated as settled?
ALEX REID: The timing is supportable. Attribution is not. Daniel Sykes can confirm the sequence, but not necessarily the interpretation.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-06 Retained extract: Alex Reid had lost weight and most of the colour from his beard. Associated persons: Daniel Sykes
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: I preserved the raw state before testing the explanation. Anything else would have changed the evidence. The missing interval matters more than the wording placed around it afterwards.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Did anyone instruct you to describe the incident differently afterwards?
ALEX REID: That is what the system reported. It is not necessarily what the equipment physically did. My answer is limited to what I personally saw, heard or ordered.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Are you saying the official record is wrong?
ALEX REID: I am saying the record should remain evidence, not become an alibi for the system that produced it.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-07 Retained extract: “Good point.” Reid studied the orchard behind him before lowering the muzzle by an inch. “Inside.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: The timing is supportable. Attribution is not. The missing interval matters more than the wording placed around it afterwards.
LEAD INSPECTOR: What did you understand at that moment, before later analysis supplied a larger explanation?
ALEX REID: The timing is supportable. Attribution is not. The missing interval matters more than the wording placed around it afterwards.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-08 Retained extract: Reid shut the hatch, engaged two bolts and clipped a wire to a brass contact beside the ladder. Associated persons: Daniel Sykes
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: The values agree with one another. Agreement is not proof that they describe the real world. If the original is no longer available, that absence should remain part of your finding.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Who else was physically present and capable of confirming your account without relying on the same electronic record?
ALEX REID: The values agree with one another. Agreement is not proof that they describe the real world. Daniel Sykes can confirm the sequence, but not necessarily the interpretation.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Are you saying the official record is wrong?
ALEX REID: I am saying you should preserve the contradiction instead of choosing the tidier version.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-09 Retained extract: Reid gave the smallest hint of a smile. “Alarm.” “Still hilarious.” Associated persons: Daniel Sykes
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: The values agree with one another. Agreement is not proof that they describe the real world. Check the physical record against the unprocessed record before you accept the later label.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Why was the matter not escalated through the ordinary reporting route?
ALEX REID: I preserved the raw state before testing the explanation. Anything else would have changed the evidence. I will not improve my memory to make the chronology easier.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-10 Retained extract: A biscuit tin lined with copper mesh sat on the table. Associated persons: Fiona Ward, Daniel Sykes Relevant systems or locations: credential
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: That is what the system reported. It is not necessarily what the equipment physically did. If the original is no longer available, that absence should remain part of your finding.
LEAD INSPECTOR: What part of the retained record is incomplete or misleading?
ALEX REID: The timing is supportable. Attribution is not. Fiona Ward can confirm the sequence, but not necessarily the interpretation.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Are you saying the official record is wrong?
ALEX REID: I am saying you should preserve the contradiction instead of choosing the tidier version.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-11 Retained extract: Try not to become a relationship adviser.” Reid ran a detector over his coat and trousers, checking seams, belt and shoes. Associated persons: Daniel Sykes Relevant systems or locations: credential
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: That is what the system reported. It is not necessarily what the equipment physically did. Daniel Sykes can confirm the sequence, but not necessarily the interpretation.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Which physical record should be examined before this account is treated as settled?
ALEX REID: That is what the system reported. It is not necessarily what the equipment physically did. I will not improve my memory to make the chronology easier.
DOCUMENTARY EXHIBIT D-12 Retained extract: “Bit late for that.” Reid set the shotgun against the wall within easy reach. Associated persons: Daniel Sykes
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you accept that this extract accurately records an event in which you were involved?
ALEX REID: That is what the system reported. It is not necessarily what the equipment physically did. Daniel Sykes can confirm the sequence, but not necessarily the interpretation.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Did anyone instruct you to describe the incident differently afterwards?
ALEX REID: The values agree with one another. Agreement is not proof that they describe the real world. I will not improve my memory to make the chronology easier.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Are you saying the official record is wrong?
ALEX REID: I am saying two honest records can disagree when they were generated from the same compromised source.
[Exhibit S-01 introduced. Subject permitted to inspect the displayed copy without handling the source medium.]
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you identify the person shown as yourself?
ALEX REID: I identify myself in the frame. I cannot authenticate the date from the crop alone.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Can you establish the location or date from anything visible in the frame?
ALEX REID: The location is supportable from the surroundings. The purpose you are implying is not.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Were you aware that the image was being made?
ALEX REID: I was not aware of the camera at the time shown.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Who had advance knowledge of your presence at that location?
ALEX REID: That depends on whether the source is an official system, a copied feed or a separate observer.
LEAD INSPECTOR: What does this image prove, and what does it not prove?
ALEX REID: Preserve the frames before and after it. A single image is a fact about light, not a complete account of conduct.
[Exhibit S-02 introduced. Subject permitted to inspect the displayed copy without handling the source medium.]
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you identify the person shown as yourself?
ALEX REID: I identify myself in the frame. I cannot authenticate the date from the crop alone.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Can you establish the location or date from anything visible in the frame?
ALEX REID: The location is supportable from the surroundings. The purpose you are implying is not.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Were you aware that the image was being made?
ALEX REID: I was not aware of the camera at the time shown.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Who had advance knowledge of your presence at that location?
ALEX REID: That depends on whether the source is an official system, a copied feed or a separate observer.
LEAD INSPECTOR: What does this image prove, and what does it not prove?
ALEX REID: Preserve the frames before and after it. A single image is a fact about light, not a complete account of conduct.
SURVEILLANCE EXHIBIT S-03 // NOT ATTACHED. The corrected WebP asset bundle does not contain a matching image for this original exhibit slot.
[Exhibit S-03 introduced. Subject permitted to inspect the displayed copy without handling the source medium.]
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you identify the person shown as yourself?
ALEX REID: I identify myself in the frame. I cannot authenticate the date from the crop alone.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Can you establish the location or date from anything visible in the frame?
ALEX REID: The location is supportable from the surroundings. The purpose you are implying is not.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Were you aware that the image was being made?
ALEX REID: I was not aware of the camera at the time shown.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Who had advance knowledge of your presence at that location?
ALEX REID: That depends on whether the source is an official system, a copied feed or a separate observer.
LEAD INSPECTOR: What does this image prove, and what does it not prove?
ALEX REID: Preserve the frames before and after it. A single image is a fact about light, not a complete account of conduct.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Is there any material fact you have withheld because you consider this recording or its distribution unsafe?
ALEX REID: I have withheld attribution, not the physical event.
LEAD INSPECTOR: What is the single next action this investigation should take?
ALEX REID: Return to the original physical record and identify every hand that altered its custody.
LEAD INSPECTOR: Do you wish to add or correct anything before the recording is suspended?
ALEX REID: Yes. Do not improve the certainty of my answers in the written summary.
[Recording suspended. Source media sealed. Any resumed session requires a new opening declaration and exhibit schedule.]
Confidential investigator assessment
The subject repeatedly separated instrument output from physical observation. That distinction is supported by known discrepancies in the retained material and should be preserved in any summary.
Actions and inconsistencies outstanding
- Obtain or compare the independent account of Daniel Sykes; do not disclose this transcript before their unaided account is fixed.
- Obtain or compare the independent account of Fiona Ward; do not disclose this transcript before their unaided account is fixed.
- Preserve and independently verify the original record associated with Al Bahr Logistics, including audit history and physical custody.
- Preserve and independently verify the original record associated with Argus, including audit history and physical custody.
- Preserve and independently verify the original record associated with Hexline, including audit history and physical custody.
- Recover acquisition authority, original-resolution files and adjacent frames for every surveillance exhibit.
NOTE: Finding limit. Nothing in this record establishes guilt, operational direction or final causation unless expressly stated as a supported finding. A valid credential, image or system entry proves only what that item can independently support.
LEAD INSPECTOR — sealed electronic signature held separately
Evidence custodian — receipt and hash recorded
END OF CONTROLLED RECORD — CTC-023