It is said that the best liars are those who tell the truth, as strange as this statement may seem, this was not entirely wrong, the best way to lie is to mix the lie and the truth so much that it is almost impossible to distinguish one thing from the other.
As a career womanizer, Desmond was particularly good at doing exactly that… well, to be fair it was a skill he acquired to survive rather than seduce; it had been necessary during the year he and Claire had spent in the bunker years ago.
In any case, Desmond was going to have to use the best of his abilities in a short time as he was informed that due to the high profile of his petition an emergency board had met to review his case, the board was made up of some captains and officials who would not be easy to fool; unfortunately tricking them was exactly what Desmond had to do.
